For Joe Weiland contacted the writer and comedian to see if he would star in his short film Gorka, which has been nominated for a British short film award at Sunday’s BAFTA ceremony.

“I know Joe’s dad and I was up for a part in Sixty Six — it went to Peter Serafinowicz, but let’s not get into that!” David laughed.

Eighteen years later and David is finally starring in a Weiland-made film, where he plays Morris, a Jewish man whose non-Jewish father-in-law is close to death.

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