Peter Kay in swear row as Netflix bosses baffled by two-word ad-lib in Wallace and Gromit
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Beloved British comedian Peter Kay has left American Netflix chiefs scratching their heads by using a VERY English idiom. Peter was starring in the Christmas Wallace and Gromit flick Vengeance Most Fowl, in a rare outing after taking something of a step-back from the limelight and his immensely successful career,.
In what his his first Television role in four years, the Bolton comic starred as Chief Inspector Mackintosh - but Netflix bosses were worried he was being offensive and using a swear word when he uttered one particular phrase. The idiom in question was “flippin’ Nora” - a phrase used as a cry of disbelief or dismay, most notably in the North of England.
Chief Inspector Mackintosh exclaims the phrase as the infamous villain Feathers McGraw - the dastardly clever criminal penguin - makes his escape. And the genius creator behind the hit show revealed that Peter, 51, left Netflix bosses baffled with the phrase - which he in fact had ad-libbed himself, as an improvisation away from the script.
Nick Park, from animators Aardman, told The Sun: “Peter ad-libs quite a lot. At one point he’s astonished at something and shouts ‘Flippin Nora’.”. Meanwhile creative director Merlin Crossingham backed up is boss’s explanation, and said the Aardman team had to scramble to reassure the American Netflix chiefs that the phrase was “innocent”.
