Joe Thomas tells Mirror exclusively about his excitement for a The Inbetweeners reunion and if the core four will be joined by Rivals star Emily Atack
The Inbetweeners? Completed it mate! Except maybe we haven’t – a new instalment of the iconic show is on the horizon, with its creators revealing they were “plotting more adventures for our four favourite friends (ooh friends).” And Joe Thomas would love to be in it.
Talking to the Mirror, Joe opens up about his excitement for an Inbetweeners reunion and whether Emily Atack will be back as Charlotte ‘Big Jugs’ Hinchcliffe. This week it was announced that the production team behind the show, Fudge Park, had signed a deal with mega TV production company Banijay, in a move that “paved the way” for an Inbetweeners return.
And despite having to film embarrassing scenes such as walking down a catwalk in speedos with one testicle hanging out, Joe, who played lovestruck schoolboy Simon Cooper, would love to work with everyone again.
“I just love them,” he gushes. “I love being around them. And I’ve worked with them in other contexts as well – really I’ve taken every opportunity to work with one of that group ever since the show ended.”
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He really has. Joe was in a TV show called Chickens with Simon Bird, started a podcast called Fact up with James Buckley and has been in The Festival, which was directed by the Inbetweeners creator Iain Morris. “I’ve got my podcast with James, me and Simon go back to university, and Blake Harrison is a great friend, so I love working with them,” Joe says. “So in some capacity, of course! Working on it again would be wonderful.”
He’s not at all surprised that fans want Emily Atack back as well. Emily played Charlotte Hinchcliffe, who was an ever so sweet and large breasted recurring character in the first two series of The Inbetweeners on TV, but didn’t appear in the two blockbuster movies or reunion show.
Having since hosted her own ITV2 comedy series, The Emily Atack Show, and starred in the bonktastic hit Rivals, Emily’s career is massively impressive to Joe.
“I actually haven’t spoken to Emily recently, but I’ve followed her career,” he says. “I just think it’s really, really impressive how she’s built this fantastic career from not just acting, but also her own personality and being funny and being herself.
“And what strikes me is just how much talent there is in the cast. So many other people have gone on to have these amazing careers in their own right, doing stand-up or just being funny.
“And I think that is a really, really good sign in comedy that people are not just comedy actors, but they’re creators as well. And Emily is that. So, I’m not surprised that there’s a clamour for her to come back as well.”
Joe’s also had quite the career since the Inbetweeners ended. Most notably, he starred with Jack Whitehall in Fresh Meat, a series about university students and their house share. The show has had a lasting impact as it’s led Joe to what he’s doing now – launching the Unofficial Housemate Rulebook with app Quizlet to help university students transition to living in shared accommodation.
For Joe, the house the characters shared in Fresh Meat was incredibly realistic. “It was the best set I’ve ever worked with. It was also just totally disgusting, like they’d taken a real house in Manchester and recreated it mould for mould.”
But with his new campaign and the data Quizlet have collected that proves what housemate habits are hated the most – yes, it’s when dishes are left in the sink – houses like these can be avoided. By following the guidebook and building better habits, students all over the country can tune in to watch The Inbetweeners all over again in a lovely, clean house.
Actor and comedian Joe Thomas has partnered with study app Quizlet to launch the ‘Unofficial Housemate Rulebook’ to help university students transition to living in shared accommodation. Visit the ‘Unofficial Housemate Rulebook’ via the Quizlet app here: https://quizlet.com/1084630174/unofficial-housemate-rulebook-flash-cards/