essie davis as the person with who he used to co—star, but he's in love with her.stuntman, his dutch stu ntman. steve coogan plays as the spin off character who has become successful and he is jealous. it's interesting, and funny in the moments when the comedy comes together. the supporting cast is terrific, kenneth branagh plays himself, simon cowell playing himself — simon callow plays himself, not simon cowell. there are plenty of laughs all the way through. my only reservation is that sometimes it feels like a 30 minutes get stretched out to 90 minute movie. that said, it's really nice to see the isle of man playing the isle of man. there are so many movies where the isle of man — you know, it played ireland in waking ned, and me and orson welles, and cornwall in stormbrea ker. it's nice to see the point being that they are on the isle of man. when it's funny, it's funny and the physical comedy works well. if you have that nostalgic thing you are talking about. looking at things like bergerac and the six million dollar man. those jokes will work. i thought it w