David Walliams eyeing role in John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers reboot: ‘I’d do it in a heartbeat!’

David Walliams has thrown his support behind the upcoming Fawlty Towers reboot and says he would love to be a part of it.

The comedian and children’s book author, 51, recently quit his role as a judge on Britain’s Got Talent after facing a backlash when derogatory comments he made about a contestant came to light.

Despite apologising, he decided that after 10 years it was time to move on and has since been replaced with ex-Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli, 67.

Fawlty Towers creator and star John Cleese, 83, has faced his own controversies over the years and recently railed against the so-called “cancel culture” ruling the BBC and signed on be a presenter at GB News.

The original 12 episodes of Fawlty Towers first aired between 1975 and 1979 and documented the hilarious trials and tribulations of a hapless hotelier (Cleese) on the Devon coast.

The reboot was first announced in February and will “explore how Cleese’s over-the-top, cynical and misanthropic Basil Fawlty navigates the modern world”.

Walliams was full of praise for the Monty Python icon and his vision, telling The Sun: “To my mind the man can do no wrong, so if he wants to revive Basil Fawlty then let him do it, and I would work with him in a heartbeat.”

He was also drawn on whether he would consider reviving his controversial sketch show Little Britain after previously revealing that he and co-star Matt Lucas are writing together again.

He said: “You could do Little Britain now, but you could do it differently.”

Adding: “My son’s into a lot of comedy films like Anchorman, Borat, Austin Powers. God, I love these, I laugh my head off at all of them. I look at all those things. I’m not sure you could do them, but you’d get criticism for it.”