Gregor, 72, says only locals in his supermarket connect him to the alcoholic Glaswegian street philosopher.
Gregor Fisher as Rab C Nesbitt
Rab C Nesbitt star Gregor Fisher says he is no longer recognised after diagnosed with diabetes and losing weight.
More than a decade after the reboot of the series came to an end, Gregor has taken on board doctor’s advice to make a host of lifestyle changes.
Speaking to BBC Scotland ahead of his upcoming UK tour, the 72-year-old said that he doesn’t mind not being recognised for the comedy.
He said: “I’ve lost quite a lot of weight because I was told I was diabetic and it might be good if I could lose a couple of pounds.
“I quite like not being recognised by people noawadays, actually.”
Gregor joked that it was now only the more “eagle-eyed people in his local supermarket” that are able to spot who he is.
Best known for portraying Glaswegian alcoholic Rab C. Nesbitt, Gregor starred in the series which ran from 1988 to 1999 before being rebooted in 2010-11 and a final New Year’s special in 2014.
He has also starred in films Love Actually, Whisky Galore! and The Merchant of Venice. More recently, Gregor has teamed up with Gary: Tank Commander star Greg McHugh in the father and son comedy series Only Child.
Ahead of the second series of the BBC Scotland show, Gregor said: “It’s quite thrilling to be a 72-year-old and still be required to make television shows.
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“Especially when it is with the wonderful Greg McHugh, who is my favourite actor on the planet at the minute.
“It’s great to be working with him, although I think I do annoy him now and again.”
Gregor, who portrays Ken in the show, said he was a very different character to Rab and that he had to focus on showing the “heart” in Ken.
He said: “I try to make my characters as believable and as real as possible, even though sometimes, especially with Rab C. Nesbitt, he was not very real.
“You have to believe it because if the characters don’t have some sort of beating heart or some sort of reality, people won’t care about them.
“But if you do the characters like they are written, then that will give them the meaning and life.”
Next month, Gregor will take to the stage for the first leg of his UK tour at Lanark Memorial Hall. Joined by his friend and colleague Nigel West, An Evening With Gregor Fisher will explore stories and anecdotes from Gregor’s life and career before a Q&A with the audience.
Speaking ahead of the tour, he said: “When you work on television, there are no people and there is no feedback.
“It’s not as if the audience clap, so there is no connection.
“I like the immediacy of it and the back and forth,” he added.
“I have one or two topics to jump between but I haven’t prepared anything and I don’t know what the audience is going to ask during the Q&A.
“It’ll be mostly personal with some show business, so that will be interesting.”
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