Stephen Merchant offered a cameo role to Nicole Kidman after he discovered that she had been to one of his stand-up show; "I reached out to her and she was into the idea, which was incredible. She jets in for a couple of hours and was exactly as I hoped she would be - completely happy to plunge in, improvise, let me say absurd things to her, and so game to play along. I couldn't be happier with what she did, or the experience" said Merchant of her involvement.