A Cock and Bull Story (2005)

Directors

Michael Winterbottom

Cast

Steve Coogan, Naomie Harris, Gillian Anderson, Stephen Fry, Sara Stewart, Ashley Jensen, Kelly Macdonald, Rob Brydon, Shirley Henderson, Keeley Hawes, Conal Murphy, Joe Williams

The story

The film depicts Steve Coogan playing himself as an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life. Coogan is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and who believes that his role is of equal importance to Coogan's, calling himself the "co-lead".

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