Best known as Inbetweeners' Neil, Blake Harrison stars in Way To Go, BBC3's new series about three guys who start an assisted suicide business. Here, he talks about difficult dilemmas and those Inbetweeners sequel rumours... Tell us about Scott, the character you play in Way To Go? "Scott is very much down on his luck. He had to drop out of medical school because he had no money to pay for it. Meanwhile, Scott's brother Joey is in debt to some very dodgy people, who'll kill him if he doesn't pay them back." Does Scott manage to find an answer to their problems? “Scott's neighbour, Paddy, has a terminal illness called ALS and basically offers Scott a lot of money to help him end his life. Scott's then faced with an ethical and moral dilemma about whether or not he should help Paddy pass away." And it's Scott's friend Cozzo, played by Marc Wootton, who sees a way to turn assisted suicide into a business... "Yes, that's right. He's an unemployed engineer, whose wife is pregnant and he's worried about being able to afford things for the baby. Cozzo's wife is a police officer, which obviously causes problems for the business. Marc is great fun, as is Ben Heathcote, who plays Joey. Those two drive a lot of the comedy, whereas Scott is more the conscience of the show." Assisted suicide does seem an unusual thing to create a comedy about... "The subject of assisted suicide is dealt with very sensitively in this show and is where a lot of the drama comes from. There's a lot more drama in this show than anything I've done before and a lot of the scenes I loved to do were in those moments. The comedy revolves around these characters who find themselves in this crazy situation. So, you've got the laughs, but there are also moments that are real tearjerkers." The subject of assisted suicide is still very taboo. Do you think this show might get people talking about it? "Well, if that happens, that would be a great thing. I think it's very important to get people discussing these issues, especially young people, and that's the power that television has. If this show does have a positive effect in getting people talking, that would be brilliant." We get the impression that Scott is nothing like Neil, the character you played in The Inbetweeners... "No, he's a lot more intelligent – Neil wouldn't be able to deal with these serious ethical dilemmas. It's a very different role, which is really nice." Do you still get recognised as Neil? "I've actually played a variety of roles, but nothing has reached the heights of Neil, so I do understand that I'm still recognised as him. I can't knock it though because I’ve had a lot of success with that character. But it would be lovely to be known as Scott... or just me!" What's the latest on The Inbetweeners Movie sequel? "The press seems to know more about this than I do! Every few weeks there's a new story about possible movies or a fourth series. All I can say at the moment is that the writers are coming up with ideas for a potential second movie, but nothing's set in stone. If we do revisit those characters then great. If not, I think we've had a really good run with it." Way To Go starts on Thursday, January 17 at 10pm on BBC3
