Con and Izzy tidbits from The Republic of Pirates convention 22–24 November 2024 :) ❤
(reconding of any kind was prohibited, this is compiled from I and other people managed to note down :) <3, photos were allowed at panels)
What Con shared Izzy at MeetAndGreet and Fanmeet:
Izzy's hidden wrist tattoo: the name of Izzy’s lover who’s connected to the emerald ring has been on Con’s wrist in S2, under the glove; there is also a scar through the name; Con has a photograph on his phoen and talked about doing doing a raffle with David’s permission where the winner would get the name; they thought they were going to show it while shooting the death scene but then they put Taika on the other side so he had to use his left hand
The flavour of the toe: the toe was made from carrot cake with raspberry sauce
About his input for Izzy’s costume: he didn’t want him to have spurs because Izzy is a climber and rigger and they would not be practival for that; he loved the whip but they had to go through a lot of versions how to carry it; they want to make him another leather pants for the topless scenes that would be more „hugging of his bits“ but he nixed that idea
About scars on Izzy’s back: orginally there was supposed to be a back tattoo that would be lacerated by the scars but they didn’t have the time and butdget to do it („the scars didn’t také that long, but shaving my back…“ and proceeded to tell a story about how some years ago a production waxed his back ending in a straight line in the middle of the buttock only 4-5 days before the shooting, it resulted in a rash and Con had to do the scene laying on his back anyway)
(they were so brilliant and funny and cute together, I wish recording had been allowed)
At the start:
Con: Everybody say Fuck.
Audience: FUCK!
Con: Thank you.
Nathan: ...ask me about my flourishing career.
Fan: Oh, did you like read my mind or something… that was on the tip of my…
Con: The tip of your…
Nathan: Conathan oh nonathan, we’re in public.
Fan: Is it true that when David Jenkins said he was gonna make Izzy convincingly pretend to die that you demanded in compensation a scene where you got to prance around with your tits out?
Con: No. Trust me, he wrote the topless scene before he wrote the death scene. Cos he's met you, fuckers.
Nathan: Lucius is a true alpha.
Con: That’s a t-shirt you’re never gonna see.
Nathan: Lucius is the true alpha, I'm not joking, make merch.
Con: But alpha would be spelled: A, double B, A.
Fan: What was the weirdest question you got asked at convention?
Con: Oh, we don't have time.
Nathan: ...I've been asked whether Lucius is the top or bottom.
Con: What's the answer?
Nathan: The answer is, you'll never know, honey.
Con: Oh, I think we know.
Fan: If your characters were forced at knife point to bake and decorate a cake, what kind of cake do you think
Con: If I was forced at knife point to decorate a cake? THIS is the weirdest fucking question I've ever been asked. If it was for you lot, there would have to be cocks and jizz in it somewhere.
Nathan: Jizz in it?
Con: And that's quite easy to do with icing. Yeah, so probably that.
(Con and Nathan start to wonder why is sb holding them at a knifepoint, Nathan says that Lucius’ would be bad bc he would be terrified, Con pretends to hold a knife to reenact the scene with shouting: DECORATE THE CAKE! :D)
Fan: What are you a fan of?
Con: Cheese. I just wanna make cheese.
(a callback to Con's Jim from Midsomer Murders and a big thank you to the person who gave me this! :) <3)
Who would they want to work with (that they haven’t before)?
Con - Tina Fey, Al Pacino, Keri Russell and would love to work with Russell T. Davies again.
Nathan - Kathryn Hahn, Maya Rudolph.
Fan: What's the perfect cheese plate?
Con: Oh, how long have we got? It's got to have chutney. It's got to have chutney, but it's got to have a homemade... ff they put Branston on the plate, I'm like, what the fuck? Anyone can do this. A cheese plate is a work of art. It's got to have hard and soft cheese. It's got to have soft cheese that's been at room temperature for some time. It's got to have innovative crackers. If you give me Branston and the Jacob’s, you can fuck off. It's got to have some onion though as well, whether it's a pickled onion or just sliced. And it's got to be a good mixture. So minimum four, preferably five different cheeses. There's got to be blue. I prefer a soft blue, but it's not contractual. There's got to be a very strong cheese. There's got to be some kind of cheddar. And there's gotta be... I like a goat's cheese, which isn’t for everyone. And THEN... yeah, I could be here all day answering that question. (until the end of the convention Con sometimes stands up with „So, cheese…“ :D)
Also later they are asked about their favourite cheese and it’s Brie for Nathan and Blue Brie for Con.
Fan: If Izzy and Lucius lived in modern times and couldn’t be pirated anymore what kind of job would they have?
Lucius would be a gossip columnist, researching assistant for an old professor that he thinks is an idiot or for a Tory MP,
Con first starts talking about the movie Day of the Jackal and that Izzy would be like a character there „give us a quid or I stab you“ but then says: Another thing Izzy would be is really angry chef – and if anyone would compain and sent the meat back… it would be returned with something else in it.
(let me point you to this wonderful comic that Cliopadra made after this panel :D <3)
Fan: Did you také anything from the OFMD set or would you have liked to?
Con: Well, only found out recently that some of us did. I’m fucking furious that I didn't. I would have taken the waistcoat and I would have taken the glove, but I didn't. Because nobody told me we were cancelled.
Nathan would have taken the finger if he could, but the costume team made him another military jacket from the last episode.
What country that they haven’t been to would they like to visit? Con – Iceland. Nathan – Canada.
Fan: We heard from Samba that he would have liked for Roach to have gone out in a really chaotic way, taking as many enemies with him as possible. And I wondered if either of you had anything that would have liked your character to go or an alternative...
Con: Live.
Nathan: My ideal ending for the show is that there's this big, epic battle, a huge bloody 20 minutes battle. Everyone dies. Somehow Lucius survives the very end, stows away, and then Lucius is the final victor, and he's walking away, and just trips, hits his head and dies.
Con said he would like to do more comedy.
If they did a similar show like OFMD but in another era, what it would be?
Con: Cowboys. Cowboys and vampires.
(also amazing together! But this one was more difficult for my brain because I was tired and the sound in the room was more difficult for me to understand, so less stuff here :| <3)
There was originally an Izzy teaching Stede about slaps and punches that didn’t get into the final cut.
Rhys: I think they started, actually, really care for each other. Because they had a similar goal in the day, and it was to not only love, but look after Ed, this human that is so damaged, and so intricate and so interesting… so I think we united on that front.
Con: Yeah.
Rhys: And if we’d carried I think we would have been quite close actually. I think we nearly got there.
Con: And then they killed me.
Rhys: And then they killed the show.
While answering a question about whether they ever got slip any secrets a new meme / joke emerged end evolving, originating in an idea that Rhys has a sex tape with Kevin resulting in „KEVIN, GIVE ME THE TAPE!“ and Rhys shouting ‚Give me the tape’ several more times during the panel.
Con: That’s gonna go on T-shirts. - Rhys didn’t think so saying that it is only going to last for a week, Con disagreed :) - I already saw stickers being made so I think Con was right :D.
There was a question if there was a scene that wasn’t there but they would like to have filmed and Rhys started saying that for some reason he started thinking of things of sexual nature.
Then he starts describing a scene to Con: During the... whacking off. The candles. You’ve got no shirt on, I think Stede did see...
Con: Whack off?
Rhys continued speaking about sexual element there and something about a flirtattious moment and a bubble bath (?!).
Con: Also that scene was slightly longer and there was a like face to face moment where we were, I would say nipple to nipple, but it was actually nipple to Rhys’ bellybutton. Because allegedly I’m short.
Rhys (speaking of Richard Curtis): He’s an icon.
Con: Speaking of icons, hi, I Con.
Fan: Do you think that Izzy would officiate Ed and Stede’s matelotage?
Con: Maybe in fanfiction. A) I don’t think they’d want him to. And B) Izzy’s not a romantic man so that wouldn’t work for him, he’d rather watch them fuck
Absolutely amaziiiiiing! NGK🥺❤. He's such a lovely, funny and kind human being! During the MeetAndGreet the first night he found out that I never met him and he stood and came to give me a hug (yeah, my brain absolutely shortcircuited!!! :)))) (and I got one more hug the last dayyyyy, wahoooo).
I made a design what I think Izzy's pirate flag would look like - Con liked it and agreed :), unfortunately this convention didn't allow giving gifts right to actors, only through gift table so I gave him T-shirt with that design through it (I was wearing the same T-shirt and giving out these stickers to fellow con attendees :D).
When he was signing this brilliant Izzy topless show promo photo (O:)) he said: "Look at those shoulders, I mean, come on, I didn’t eat cake for so long." :D <3
I shall treasure this experience and I very much hope to meet him again in the future! ❤❤❤
(by the way, I redid my pc corner - my interests are complete mystery :D)
The amazing Fyre created several muppets and Con was very happy that he could get the Izzy one :) ❤! (as were Vico and Kristian, unfortunately Rhys didn't have suitcase space and Nathan is a bit weirded out by muppets in general :) <3)
(Nathan muppet tried to touch Izzy muppet's hair :D)
(as I said no direct gift giving, but thievery happened :D <3)
(if/when I remember or find more, I will add them here :))
There was a four year old cosplaying as princess Izzy and at the photo Con asked how old she was - she said 4, and he went “oh I’m a but older than that”, stood up “but not much taller” :D <3.
Con at the end of the one of the panels: Scary times, guys. We are at our best when we’re fighting back. Fight back. And look to your community and support your community. We’ve been here before, we’ll be here again. Fight back. ❤
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