INBETWEENERS star James Buckley has revealed that he virtually missed out on his career-defining position due to a blunder by his agent.

The 35-year-old shot to fame after starring as foul-mouthed compulsive liar Jay Cartwright in Channel 4’s The Inbetweeners from 2008 to 2010.

The sitcom adopted the awkward lives of 4 adolescent buddies of their last years of faculty, and produced a slew of hilarious moments which have change into engrained in British popular culture.

Buckley’s character particularly has change into one of the crucial widespread components of the present due to his inventive insults and his brazen exaggerations and lies.

Nevertheless, Buckley from Croydon, London revealed on Wednesday throughout an look on Spencer Matthews’ Huge Fish podcast that he shockingly almost missed out on the half.

Talking to the Made in Chelsea star, Buckley defined: “I obtained a cellphone name from my then-agent. She actually mentioned one thing like, ‘I’ve obtained some excellent news and I’ve obtained some unhealthy information‘.

“‘The excellent news is that they’re going forward with The Inbetweeners’ – or Saggy Trousers because it was referred to as then.

“I used to be like ‘Oh sensible, I’m going to be in a sitcom – completely wonderful!’

“She went: ‘Unhealthy information is that they’re recasting.’”

Spencer Matthews then asks: “So how is the excellent news excellent news?”

James replies: “That’s precisely what I mentioned. I mentioned there’s no excellent news right here.

“I then obtained in contact with Damon Beesley, one of many co-creators of The Inbetweeners, and I mentioned ‘Oh look, I heard that it’s going forward, congratulations and you understand, I do know you guys are recasting but when there’s one other half, I’d love to return in and do a job for you.’

“And he replied saying: ‘We would like you to be Jay. Did your agent not let you know this? We have to see you tomorrow to speak to you about this and we’re going to audition a load of different younger males.’

“If I’d by no means have despatched that message, kind of hustled just a little bit, I might by no means have turned as much as the assembly the next day.”

The clip was posted to social media yesterday with the caption: “James Buckley almost missed the prospect to play Jay within the Inbetweeners?!”

The video has since acquired over 500 likes and feedback from customers left astounded by the revelation.

One consumer mentioned: “‘Then-agent’.”

One other added: “That’s weird from an agent. Guessing they weren’t proud of the charges and wished him to take one thing else?”

A 3rd replied: “Jay made The Inbetweeners.”

One other commented: “Hope she was sacked.”

Regardless of the preliminary gaffe, Buckley – who initially tried out for the a part of blissful fool Neil Sutherland – turned up and went on to make himself – and his character – a family title.

Buckley has gone on to carry out in additional comedy-based roles having appeared within the Solely Fools and Horses prequel Rock and Chips, in addition to starring in Zapped and White Gold with fellow Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas.

Buckley squashed rumours of constructing extra Inbetweeners on the podcast saying: “You already know, lot of individuals nonetheless ask if there’s going to be some extra Inbetweeners, and my reply is at all times the identical.

“I at all times go have a look at me, have a look at a state of me, look how previous and haggard I’m, and I’m the youngest out of the boys.”