Noel: "As a comedian, what you're always sort of playing is a version of yourself. You can play against type, but you generally have a clown, and my clown is quite inclusive and kind and creative. So, I tend to take those things through whatever shows I'm doing."
With costume reuse comes another kind of reuse – fabric. The distinctively colored striped silk fabric has also been used for a costume seen in Return to Cranford and Belgravia.
This waistcoat has been used in several productions depicting the late 18th century through the 19th century. It first turned up in the 1999 TV series The Scarlet Pimpernel, in both the second and third episode of the first season, where it was worn by Anthony Green as Andrew Ffoulkes.
From there, it was briefly used in the 2008 sixth episode of the miniseries John Adams, where Zak Orth wore it as James McHenry.
It appeared next in the 2009 miniseries adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, where Robert Bathurst wore the waistcoat as the character Mr.Weston.
Most recently, the piece showed up in the first episode of the 2024 show The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, where Noel Fielding wore it in the title role.
In 2021, Julian was a guest on Brett Goldstein's "Films to be Buried With Podcast" and discussed his love of double acts.
Julian: “I think I relate a lot to double act films. I love double acts, having been in one, I suppose. But I’m very drawn to any film with a double act, I’m straight in there. “The Defiant Ones” with Tony Curtis, that one where they’re chained together…I love double act films.
Brett: “That’s interesting. Did you love double acts before you were in a double act?”
Julian: “Yeah, I did actually, yeah. So it’s almost like I was waiting to meet that….Sort of. You know.”