Stephen Mangan as Postman Pat
Stephen Mangan says being Postman Pat is cooler than being James Bond.
Mangan 41, who has sons Harry, six, and Frank, three, with wife Louise Delamere voices the children's favourite in a new animated movie and he feels the part is more prestigious than that of the famous spy, because so few actors have played the loveable postman.
Stephen Mangan was thrilled to land the title role in the new 'Postman Pat' movie and claimed it is a "cooler" part than James Bond.
He said: "You grow up thinking you might be James Bond one day and you turn out to be Postman Pat. There has only been three Postman Pats - two guys on the telly did it and me - so there are fewer Postman Pats than James Bonds out there."
Stephen decided to voice the iconic character because it's a show that his sons can enjoy.
He explained to BANG Showbiz: "It never occurs to you that you might be asked to be Postman Pat, but as soon as I was asked I said yes. Partly because it is something like the children can watch - I've got a three and a six year old, and most of the stuff I do is pretty adult - pretty filthy, actually - so they won't watch that until they are 30, let alone 18 or 21.
"So it is really nice to do something that I can take them along to. It is a bit confusing when they ask, 'What do you do for living daddy, what's your job?' "
'Postman Pat' is released on May 23.
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