Peter Serafinowicz’s Rocky road

The comedian has recently turned his hand to directing music videos – with spectacularly odd results. We asked him how it feels to step into a boxing ring with a robot Shaun of the Dead, Alan Partridge, the voice of Darth Maul … Peter Serafinowicz boasts an impressive CV. Still, being able to say “You worms are no match for the dark side” in a menacing voice doesn’t necessarily mean you’re qualified to direct music videos. This hasn’t deterred Serafinowicz, who took up the music video challenge when Hot Chip asked him on Twitter if he fancied directing something for them. He came up with the bonkers video for I Feel Better. Now he’s directed a second video – for Alex Metric and Steve Angello’s new single Open Your Eyes – a Rocky spoof in which Serafinowicz dons gloves to face a robotic opponent. Thrillingly, it’s just as stupid, funny and original as his darkly comic debut. Seeing as it was about time someone caught up with him to find out what on earth he was thinking when he decided to laser a boyband to death, we got in touch to ask a few questions. But be warned: Serafinowicz’s current favourite video is, in his own words, Not Safe For Anywhere. All will be explained … How did the idea come about for the Open Your Eyes video? PS: I’ve always wanted to do a feature-length comedy remake of Rocky. My agent told me this was wasn’t realistic so a music video based on Rocky was the next best thing. How long did it take to shoot, and where was it made? PS: The video was shot over two days in Philadelphia. I mean west London. Sorry, I’m eating cream cheese. Who made the robot in the video? PS: A hugely talented puppeteer/model-maker called Jonny Sabbagh. He sent me a video of

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