When Richard Coyle read for the part of Jeff on Coupling, he spoke in a Welsh accent. The character wasn't written Welsh, but the producers liked it and hired him. It wasn't until well into the second series that they realized that Coyle was not Welsh, just putting it on for the show.
(on Strange's motivations).Richard Coyle: So he's quite a gentle guy. A wounded soul, I think, is the best description. He's got quite a lot of physical and emotional darkness about him.
(on doing drama while studying at York).Richard Coyle: I only had one lecture and one seminar a week, so I had a lot of time on my hands. And there's only so many drugs and so much booze you can take. So I joined the drama society. It was either that or the beer society, and for health reasons I chose drama.
(on his first meeting with Dean Lennox Kelly).Richard Coyle: We first met in a dank locker room at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. I was surrounded by a lot of hairy arses and I noticed this guy with a lot of hair everywhere except his arse - and that was Dean. He came over and made some wisecrack about me looking like Leo Sayer, and I thought: "Aye aye, I'd better keep an eye on this guy." He was loud and hairy, but he had a certain charm about him.