Interview by: Craig McLean
Really? The 34-year-old is a big guy – 6ft 3in – but not that much, surely? “I have!” he yelps. “I’ve put on 25lbs. I hide it well!” he laughs. “Where have I put it? Ask my wife!”
‘I wouldn’t need it if my primary concern was being a movie star but I wanted to do this more than I wanted to do anything. I love writing and directing, it’s where my heart lies. I turned down a couple of big movies to do it.’
He’s best known as geeky Roy from The IT Crowd but Chris O’Dowd this week showed that he can cut it as a bona fide Hollywood leading man with a sharp new GQ shoot.
The IT Crowd creator Graham Linehan has posted Vine videos relating to characters Roy (Chris O'Dowd), Moss (Richard Ayoade) and Jen (Katherine Parkinson), as part of the lead up to the upcoming one-off special.