Taskmaster is back on Say More! Taskmaster's Greg Davies and Alex Horne join Mashable Executive Producer Mark Stetson to dive into the utterly chaotic Series 22, featuring contestants Richard Ayoade, Chloe Petts, Isy Suttie, Matt Lucas, and Nina Conti. Davies and Horne go deep on their approach to handling "chaos agents" like Rich Ayoade and Jason Mantzoukas, the most iconic outfits throughout the show's run, and the hilarious moments that have made them break character. Plus, Greg opens up about his obsession with Caramac bars!
On Taskmaster, the tasks are like a serving platter for the comedy, allowing the contestants to infuse the tasks with their own unique brand of comedy. However, for some of the contestants, their particular brand of comedy is subverting the rules and expectations. In Series 22, that chaos agent is Rich Ayoade. "We knew what we were getting into with him," Alex Horne says in the interview. "He doesn't like playing by the rules. So... he's going to be trying to unpick it."
"Alex is very organized and has spent a great deal of time designing these games," Davies adds. "And you know, with someone like Richard, he's not going to just fall into line. He's a very strong flavor of character, and he's going to play things his way."
When asked if he ever builds "chaos agent" contingencies into his games, Alex said, "Not really. You'd be amazed how little has changed. Because it's still going to be five different people coming in trying to do the thing. And once the cameras roll, they are just in the moment and they forget about everything else. So if you've got a Rich Ayoade, he will turn things on their head."
Mark made sure to ask Alex about his cameo on Dropout's Game Changer and whether we can expect another crossover. Alex answered, "I don't know. We saw that we were both doing vaguely similar shows, and so he got in touch and came over to England. We are also both very busy, so I think we'll keep tantalizing people. So who knows? I mean, currently no big plans, but Greg and I hope to come to America again very soon, so you never know."