Dermot Bannon has admitted he felt ‘terrified’ and intimidated filming his new RTE series as he met major Irish celebrities for the first time on camera.
RTE’s Dermot Bannon
Dermot Bannon has admitted he was terrified to film with some of Ireland’s biggest stars for his new RTE series.
Dermot Bannon’s Celebrity Super Spaces kicked off last week and sees the TV architect getting a peek into some impressive celebrity pads.
He said: “In fact, I was really intimidated. Normally when I do Room To Improve and things like that, I’m the architect.
“But for the likes of Vogue Williams, Joanne McNally, Clodagh McKenna… I had butterflies in my stomach. I was a little bit terrified.
“Aiden Gillen is a huge star, I still see John Boy [character from Love/Hate] standing there with a gun to my head.
“I don’t see any of the houses or meet the homeowners beforehand, I meet them for the first time on camera.
“A lot of the time I’m left sitting out on the doorstep for half an hour while they go in with the cameras, the mics, get the lighting set up and whatever.
“Then I’m told, right, you can come in and by that stage the tension has built up so much it’s horrendous. So if anything, I was intimidated because I’d never met any of them before.”
Dermot has got to see some amazing homes, but he has one celebrity on his hit list if there were to be a second series.
He said: “So the likes of Dave Moore from Today FM… he lives in a really regular house, but he has done these really cool things with sliding doors, and he’s done it all himself and built it all himself.
“He would be an ideal candidate.”
Dermot Bannon’s Celebrity Super Spaces airs tonight at 9.30pm on RTE One and RTE Player.
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