Gavin & Stacey Friends". Corden claims to have been inspired by the story of his own real life best friend Gavin, who met his wife over the phone at work, and arranged to meet. They presented it to the BBC as a one-off play, but the BBC instead asked for a full series. The roles of Gavin and Stacey were cast through an auditioning process, but were almost immediately given to Mathew Horne and Joanna Page on the strength of their chemistry together. The roles of Nessa and Smithy were written by Corden and Jones for themselves. Some roles were written with certain
Gavin Price-Jones Reserves: Nigel Gaffey, Kevin Hinton, David Boyle, Matthew Jones and Adrian Davis Gavin Price-Jones Gavin Price-Jones is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for Wales, and at club level for the Canberra Raiders (Presidents Cup team), Swinton and Rochdale Hornets, as a , or . Gavin Price-Jones won caps for Wales while a Welsh Student in 1995 against United States (2 matches). Gavin Price-Jones played for the Canberra Raiders in the 1990 Presidents Cup alongside; Anthony Rudd, Brett Mullins, Roger Kenworthy, Darrell McDonald, Steve Stone (c). Jason Gregory,