Sunday, July 5, 2020

Creator of Martin and Gary Kemp’s Spandau Ballet mockumentary insists film ‘isn’t a Bros spoof’

Martin and Gary Kemp in The Kemps: All True
Martin and Gary Kemp star The Kemps: All True (Picture: BBC)

The creator of Martin and Gary Kemp’s mockumentary has insisted that the film isn’t a spoof of the Bros documentary.

Rhys Thomas is behind The Kemps: All True, which follows the brothers as they launch new careers in the wake of Spandau Ballet’s 40th-anniversary celebrations.

While Martin tries to get a sci-fi movie franchise off the ground, Gary has a new brand of vegan meat substitute to promote.

Speaking to Metro.co.uk, Rhys explained that the idea for the film was forged before Matt and Luke Goss’s documentary Bros: After The Screaming Stops.

‘The Bros thing happened while we were in production writing it,’ Ryan said. ‘I don’t want people to think this is a spoof of the Bros documentary, this is its own thing.’

Rhys explained that The Kemps: All True is ‘different’ because the Bros ‘isn’t intentionally funny.’

Martin and Gary Kemp
The film is a mockumentary and follows the brothers as they launch new careers (Picture: BBC)
Bros after the screaming stops
Bros: After The Screaming Stops premiered in 2018 (Picture: BBC)

‘This is written for them to be funny and it’s very much they’re involved,’ he said. ‘This is intentionally funny rather than unintentionally funny, we hope.’

Rhys revealed that the initial scripts for The Kemps: All True verged on being a roast, but it didn’t feel like the right fit.

‘When you go too far down that route but sometimes it would veer from being warm to a bit roasty and it didn’t feel comfortable really,’ he continued.

‘I don’t want people to watch it and be offended. I always think comedy should be inclusive, really.’

The Kemps: All True is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.

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