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 Lovelace-Tolbert she was waived by the team. Lovelace was an assistant coach of the Tulsa Shock in 2013. Source Lovelace-Tolbert competed with USA Basketball as a member of the 1995 Jones Cup Team that won the Bronze in Taipei. Lovelace-Tolbert led the team in scoring, averaging 14.9 points per game. Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert Stacey Lovelace (born December 5, 1974) is an American professional basketball player who played in the WNBA. Lovelace attended college at Purdue University and graduated in 1996. On May 2, 2000 she was assigned with the Indiana Fever later in 2000 Lovelace played with the Seattle Storm. She also