Ever since a stage adaptation of The Castle was announced, fans have been asking Stephen Curry if he will reprise his role as dimwitted Dale Kerrigan. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy only response is: \u2018I have range, but I don\u2019t think I can play 16,\u2019\u201d the actor tells Stellar with a laugh as he gears up to play King Arthur in a different beloved comedy, the upcoming revival of Monty Python\u2019s Spamalot.<\/p>\n
The famed monarch of Camelot is Curry\u2019s third fictional reign after he starred as Aussie TV king Graham Kennedy in the award-winning 2007 biopic The King and then donned blue face paint as the alien King Yakan in 2022\u2019s Thor: Love And Thunder.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was on Thor for four days and basically sat in a make-up chair for most of the time,\u201d he jokes of his blink-and-you\u2019ll-miss-it role in the action adventure blockbuster. <\/p>\n
Now 50, Curry is almost the same age Michael Caton was when the veteran star played his father, Daryl, in The Castle. Yet, Curry wouldn\u2019t want to be the one to slip into Daryl\u2019s legendary moccasins for the stage revival of the 1997 comedy.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t have the balls to do that,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe closest I\u2019ll come to being involved is hopefully getting a ticket to see it. I can\u2019t wait. I think it\u2019s the fastest show to sell out of Her Majesty\u2019s [Theatre].<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything those guys [at Working Dog, the production company behind the comedy] touch turns to gold, and it will be exactly 30 years since the film came out. So, there\u2019s a nice symmetry to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even though The Castle remains the funniest script he has ever read, Curry says he had no idea that it would become so deeply embedded in pop culture. <\/p>\n
So much so that nearly three decades later, primary school kids still approach him \u2013 usually at the urging of their parents \u2013 to quote his character\u2019s famous line: \u201cI dug a hole!\u201d<\/p>\n
Having been on the receiving end of fan quotes since the film\u2019s release, Curry\u2019s only advice ahead of the show\u2019s opening night in March is clear: \u201cGet the quotes out pretty quickly, or every single night, some arsehole in row four is going to yell it out!\u201d<\/p>\n
Curry likens the comedy\u2019s enduring popularity to the hit Aussie children\u2019s show Bluey, describing it as a warm hug from a family where you\u2019re always accepted and loved.<\/p>\n
He also feels forever bonded to the rest of the Kerrigan clan.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe shot that film in 11 days,\u201d he recalls of the movie about a suburban battler fighting to save his home from an airport expansion. \u201cI haven\u2019t watched it now for maybe a decade. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut I had seen it about six times before that, so I feel like I\u2019ve spent more time with them than I actually have.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we see each other, we just get along like a house on fire \u2026 The brevity of [the film\u2019s shoot] is probably part and parcel of what makes it such a special memory for us \u2013 we didn\u2019t get a chance to get sick of each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
THE CASTLE REUNION <\/p>\n
Curry reveals he recently stayed with Caton during a visit to Sydney, and the pair drew plenty of attention when they went to have a drink at the popular brewery, The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve got a pool room at the back and it\u2019s modelled on The Castle,\u201d he adds. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve got all this memorabilia as a nod to it and suffice to say that we didn\u2019t pay for dinner financially, but we did pay for it in other ways because they made us recreate the pool-playing shot from The Castle.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Curry was happy to play along, his screen dad was a little less tolerant of the requests. \u201cI love Michael to bits but they had one go at that photo,\u201d he says with a laugh. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d have given them three. One go, and he was done. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe was like [adopting a gruff, Caton-esque cadence]: \u2018I have done other things!\u2019 and it was like, you know what? Fair enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for Curry\u2019s own sons, Arlo, 14, and Beau, 12, they still haven\u2019t seen the movie that made him a household name. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey think they\u2019ve seen The Castle because they\u2019ve heard pretty much every line from it from people at shopping centres and from passing buses, but no, they haven\u2019t,\u201d he adds, laughing. <\/p>\n
Ahead of making his stage debut in Spamalot \u2013 which was co-written by British comedy legend and original Python member Eric Idle with Grammy Award-winning musician John Du Prez \u2013 Curry introduced his boys to the 1975 comedy film on which the show is based, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, and was delighted they found it just as funny as he did when his own parents introduced him to it 40-odd years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s just the inherent silliness in it is so appealing to their sense of humour, which is very similar to mine and never going to be described as highbrow,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe beauty of the show is the moment that it threatens to get serious, it becomes more ridiculous, and that\u2019s pretty much my life.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I don\u2019t feel like it\u2019s that much of a stretch for me. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd this really serious song I get to sing is one of the most absurd onstage performances you\u2019ll ever see. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo that\u2019s right up my alley. I think it\u2019s going to be magnificent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monty Python\u2019s Spamalot opens at Melbourne\u2019s Athenaeum Theatre on September 16 and heads to Sydney in October. 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