The actors playing The Them - Sam Taylor Buck (Adam), Amma Ris (Pepper), Ilan Galkoff (Brian) and Alfie Taylor (Wensleydale) - agree which moment was the most challenging to film:
The four nominate a wealth of high points in their work on the production, from working with stunt coordinator Cedric Proust on the wires to gaining insight into special and visual effects. When asked to name their greatest challenge, however, Sam, Amma, Ilan and Alfie are in complete agreement, and their response is surprising.
“I’m going to say the ice-cream eating,” says Amma, referring to a halcyon scene in Episode Two that takes place before the gang become aware that their leader is in fact the Son of Satan. “I’m not a fan, and I don’t like vanilla at all, and I got vanilla. We had to do thirty-nines takes of ice cream eating. And twenty-five with ice lollies. And it was just awful. My ice lolly also had vanilla ice cream in it, and I got brain freeze.”
“I got vanilla as well,” says Sam. “But I prefer chocolate.”
Alfie exchanges a look with him as if they’re both still troubled by the memory.
“I had strawberry,” he says. “I really don’t like strawberry.”
All eyes turn to Ilan Galkoff, who admits the flavor wasn’t the issue for him. “I had to take a whole double cone of chocolate ice cream and shove it in my mouth,” he says. “It was incredibly difficult.”
- The Nice and Accurate Good Omens TV Companion
