Peter Kay makes his TV comeback as PC Mackintosh in the new Wallace and Gromit feature film, 'Vengeance Most Fowl'.
Peter Kay is making his television comeback in Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – but there were fears it wouldn’t work out. The 51-year-old comedy legend is reprising his Curse of the Were-Rabbit role as PC Mackintosh in the new feature length film on Christmas Day, with the character now a chief inspector eyeing up retirement. It will mark the comedian’s first TV role since 2017’s Inside No.
9 and the 2018 Car Share finale, and he’s returning to his Wallace and Gromit role for the first time in 20 years. ‘There’s only two characters that have ever been brought back now in the Wallace and Gromit films, and that’s Feathers McGraw and PC McIntosh,’ creator Nick Park exclusively told Metro. ‘It was fabulous getting Peter back.’ However, Peter’s current comeback tour across the UK meant Aardman Pictures bosses weren’t sure if he’d be able to take part. He’s back as Arthur Mackintosh, who’s now a chief inspector. Mackintosh first appeared in 2005’s Curse of the Were-Rabbit. ‘The big fear was that we couldn’t get him because for as long as we’ve been filming, he’s been in the middle of a massive tour,’ Nick recalled. Thankfully, the lure of the first Wallace and Gromit feature film in almost 20 years was too much for Peter to turn down. ‘He replied to a letter that we wrote and said he’d love to do it,’ he added. ‘He somehow fitted it in, incredibly! So we’re very grateful for that.’ Despite Peter fitting his recording sessions around his hectic touring schedule, Nick and his co-director Merlin Crossingham were delighted with what he brings to the fil
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