Higher generally known as ‘The Menace’, Darragh revealed how on his first day as a Chaser he was advised off by bosses for smiling an excessive amount of.
In 2017 Darragh impressed the bosses at The Chase a lot that he was supplied the possibility to change into a brand new Chaser three years later.
The ITV star revealed that throughout the filming of his first episode he “could not cease smiling” as he was so excited to be there, in response to The Mirror.
The Menace’s debut episode turned the ITV’s sequence second most considered episode.
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Discussing his time on the ITV present, Darragh advised The Mirror: “I’ve no downside doing these items.
“I had a genuinely good time recording, I wasn’t nervous, I do not actually get stage fright, so I simply bounced out and thought ‘that is a lot enjoyable’.
“However the producers are saying, ‘you are form of meant to be the Menace, you are supposed to be menacing’ as a result of I used to be smiling a lot. I used to be simply having a good time.”
Darragh added that he did not know what his nickname was till Bradley Walsh introduced it throughout filming.
Exterior of being a Chaser, Darragh works as a scientist and researcher on the College of Oxford, sharing: “That they had beforehand floated the concept of calling me the professor, however I requested them not to try this as a result of I used to be working in college on the time.
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“It would not be ultimate for individuals who work very onerous for years to get the title of a professor and for me to simply be referred to as one.”
The Chase star went on to debate the ITV present’s future after it just lately celebrated its fifteenth anniversary.
Darragh mentioned that he hopes there can be one other 15 years of The Chase: “Hopefully. You already know, if I can repay my home or I will should go discover one other job.”
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