Greg Davies cuts an imposing figure. At six foot nine, it’d be hard not to, but even through a computer screen, it makes sense why he was chosen to be the face of Taskmaster, the UK panel show where he judges comedians on their ability to perform a lengthy series of ridiculous and inane tasks. He’s got an aura about him, a natural sense of authority that commands a room just as much as anything else about him.
There’s a distinct line between his stand-up work and the character of the Taskmaster — anyone who’s seen Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog can confirm that — but it just makes things even more fun, both for Davies and the audience. When I last spoke to he and (little) Alex Horne for Season 17, he described the persona as a kind of “emotionless, cruel dictator” based partly on his time as a teacher prior to going into comedy.
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