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
Stacey Travis Stacey Travis Stacey Travis (born August 29, 1966) is an American actress whose films include "Earth Girls Are Easy" (1988), "Hardware" (1990), "The Super" (1991), "Traffic" (2000), and "Ghost World" (2001). Travis starred on the comedy television series "Just Say Julie" from 1989–1992 where she played a variety of characters. She also starred on the short-lived 1998 television series "" as "Cruise Director Suzanne Zimmerman". Travis has made guest appearances on US TV shows, including "Diagnosis Murder", "ER", "Desperate Housewives", "Picket Fences", "Angel" as "Senator Helen Brucker" in season 5, and "" as "Renee Delaney" in the season 2 episodes