Colin From Accounts star: ‘I can’t stand being around people like this in real life’

Actor Virginia Gay joins the cast for season two of breakaway BINGE hit Colin From Accounts but what does she think of her character?

To steal lyrics from Katy Perry, Aussie actor Virginia Gay is living her teenage dream.

Gay is one of the support cast members in award-winning BINGE romantic dramedy, Colin From Accounts.

She was a diehard fan of the first season so couldn’t be more thrilled to score a gig for the second.

“The wild truth is that you almost never in this life get to walk on set of your favourite show, it just almost never happens,” Gay told Confidential.

Harriet Dyer and Virginia Gay in a scene from Colin From Accounts. Picture: BINGE

“This is for me like walking on set of Buffy when I was 14, that is how big it is in my soul. It is the most extraordinary thing that has happened for decades. I just love this show much, it is such an honour to be a tiny part of it.”

Colin From Accounts is the break away super hit from real life couple Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall.

Shot in Sydney’s inner west, the first season was about a whirlwind romance between two unlikely dog co-parents. Season two brings more “relationship misadventures” between Ashley (Dyer) and Gordon (Brammall).

“It is so far beyond the dream, it is so much more than I ever dared to dream. I feel so lucky and so grateful. It is just the most extraordinary … I have such gratitude for all of these opportunities with these incredible creatives and these incredible big hearted artists.

Actor Virginia Gay joins for season two of BINGE series, Colin From Accounts.

The show has been a huge success here and abroad, winning three Logie Awards last year.

“It was the happiest set I have ever been on. It was the most playful, joyful, generous set. I think that is one of the reasons the show is such a success because the generous comic electricity that goes between Patty and Harriet, they are always trying to make each other laugh and they just open that generosity of spirit.”

Gay, known for her work on the stage and screen, joins the cast as Rumi, “an absolutely magnetic nightmare”.

“Like one of the worst people that you’ve ever met but you cannot take your eyes off,” Gay explained of the character. “It is a real treat to play an absolute arsehole. I can’t stand being around people like this in real life but what a treat it is to bring that into a comic world.”

Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer attend the Colin From Accounts Season 2 world premiere on May 29 in Sydney, Australia. Picture: Getty Images

Originally published as Colin From Accounts star: ‘I can’t stand being around people like this in real life’