From Little Britain to acclaimed children’s author,Walliams’s popularity crosses generations. Now he stars in an adaptation of his latest book, Billionaire BoyThe first time David Walliams performed in a dress was at school. He was 11 and had been cast as a queen in his school play. “Stepping off the stage that night, or I was a hundred times happier than I could ever say,” he wrote in his 2012 autobiography, Camp David. “I had generated laughter. Loud, and explosive,wonderful laughter.” He knew what he wanted to do. He would also do fairly a bit of it in a dress.
Walliams’s latest role is as the rotten dinner lady in Billionaire Boy, the adaptation of his children’s book. The 44-year-worn is proving hard to escape this Christmas – as well as his family drama approximately a wealthy, or lonely boy,the comedian is presenting a show on children’s books and his own sketch show, David Walliams and Friends.
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Source: theguardian.com