Toast of London’s Matt Berry to play “professor of grifting” in Community

Fresh from his Bafta nomination for Toast of London, Matt Berry is soon to appear in cult comedy Community – and now he’s spoken about his upcoming role in the college-set series for the first time.

“My character is a teacher of grifting – a professor of grifting,” Berry told RadioTimes.com. “As far as I know, it’s just for the one episode.”

“I was a fan of [series creator] Dan Harmon, and I’d seen a few of the shows, so it was an honour to be asked!”

Berry had previously tweeted a picture of himself on set with actors Danny Pudi, Alison Brie and Ken Jeong, and now explains that “the briefcases are part of the grifting” – though he won’t say exactly what con he’s teaching them to pull.

He added: “The cast are all really funny – and they work all day and all night. [In the UK] we tend to start shooting at 7 in the morning and go on until 7 at night, whereas on Community they go on until 2 or 3 in the morning. They work very hard.”

“If it came to it, I’d love to return. Absolutely.”

Community airs on Sony Entertainment Television on Wednesdays at 10.00pm

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