Aisling Bea and Greatest Days director Coky Giedroyc share memories from Take That's day on set

Take That's cameo in their musical film Greatest Days was a "stressful" day on set, according to Aisling Bea.

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- I wanted to-- you know, Take That actually do make a cameo in the film. Quite a fun small moment. I wonder, what was that day like on set, to have them on set?

AISLING BEA: It was a very long stressful day, in all honesty. I think that was 4:00 AM. We were in Greece on an old moving train. We had to get Take That in and off the train in, I think, 20 minutes. We were going back and forward. So it was a very-- it was like-- if they thought that's a normal day on set, it's probably not. It was kind of one of those intense, like, obstacle courses-- obstacle courses in acting and filmmaking because it was a live moving train. And we only had the train station for a certain amount of time.

So it was quite nuts. But we didn't get to talk to them much. But they were very sweet, and they just, like, came in with big smiles and stuff like that. And it was-- and it was 4:00 AM. And, like, they hadn't seen each other apparently since pre-pandemic. So, you know, I'm sure that day was sort of a magical day for them, without a doubt.

COKY GIEDROYC: I got nervous. I got really fangirly.

JESSIE MAE ALONZO: Really?

COKY GIEDROYC: Yeah. You weren't there, were you?

JESSIE MAE ALONZO: No.

COKY GIEDROYC: It was hilarious. Everyone went a bit giddy and a little bit, like, sort of tongue-tied. It was really funny. And Gary said, so what do you want me to do in the scene? And I said-- I didn't know what to say. So I just went, be yourself. I didn't know how to direct them. After all these years of doing my job, they floored me.