TV legend Danny Dyer often graces our screens - but in his spare time the Essex resident enjoys relaxing in a quaint, ye olde worlde pub. Speaking to EssexLive, Danny revealed the Essex pub he's rather fond of. Sitting inside The Fox Inn in Matching Tye, near to Harlow, Danny alongside fellow actor Ryan Sampson spoke to me about their new Sky TV comedy, Mr BigStuff.
Ryan and Danny play estranged brothers trying to patch up a sibling rivalry that may well be beyond repair - with the show mixing "broken families, fragile masculinity and carpet sales." Danny plays Lee, an alpha male addict trying to patch things up with his perfectionist brother Glen (Ryan), who lives in the perfect suburbia in Loughton. Eventually, they all live together under the same roof in Glen and his wife Kirsty's (Harriet Webb) Essex cul-de-sac, unravelling huge drama and laughs along the way.
READ MORE: The pretty Essex pub with a massive rug of Danny Dyer hung outside READ MORE: The picturesque walk on the edge of Essex which is immortalised in famous artwork The duo even played pranks on one another during filming, with Ryan getting a 'mug on a rug' of Danny Dyer's face printed on a huge rug which sits outside the Fox Inn pub in Matching Tye - which Danny also pointed as being one of his favourite places to drink in. Speaking to Essex Live Danny said: "It's an enormous rug of me in a weird sort of Ricky Gervais type pose - it's huge. I want it in my gaff but I feel it's not a good look for me to have .