Danny Dyer and Ryan Sampson talk dancing for Mr Bigstuff and if they'd do Strictly

Watch: Danny Dyer and Ryan Sampson discuss dancing for Mr Bigstuff

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Mr Bigstuff has a big ask for its co-leads Ryan Sampson and Danny Dyer as the pair, who play estranged brothers, are tasked with dancing on multiple occasions for the Sky comedy.

The series follows creator Sampson's character Glen, whose life is turned upside down when his brother Lee (Dyer) crashes back into his life. Glen is already struggling in his relationship with fiancee Kirsty (Harriet Webb) because he has erectile dysfunction, but now he also has to contend with Lee's dark past coming back to haunt him too.

On paper it may not seem like the kind of show to require a dance number, but there are several in the series. The main dance sequence sees Glen and Lee reenact a talent show dance with spoons that they learned as kids, and the results are hilarious and heartwarming at the same time.

Dyer and Sampson tell Yahoo UK what it was like to film the scenes, with the former admitting it "didn't take many [takes to get right] because we took this seriously", as his co-star reveals: "We were trained, we were doing that s**t on the DL all day in our own kitchens."

"Yeah, we had a choreographer who videoed herself doing it," Dyer reflects. "And I was watching that and the spoon thing was slightly more difficult, just because they're quite dangerous, spoons, when you're smashing on your fingers. And they're big spoons, they're not teaspoons.

"So [there's] that that side of it. Also because of sound you're not allowed to clack them."

Sampson adds: "So they have to give us sound free spoons, can you imagine? It's the magic, the wonders of TV.

"We had a week or so rehearsing, we were meant to be rehearsing for the whole show and it ended up being just us learning that dance because I'd written this dance and it had to be good. I was like s**t, now I've got to rehearse the f**k out of it to get it good. Yeah, we got it done."

The dance number wasn't meant to be perfect but it was still important, Dyer says, for them to get it right: "We had to be almost like two adults that used to do this when they were kids and also it couldn't be too polished, and it had to be quite childlike but at the same time, visually, f**king funny, and I think we nailed it.

"We didn't have to [rehearse] that much, we didn't have time to do it that much. It came sort of midway through the shoot, so we didn't do it early doors so we was f**king ready, we [were] on it, we [were] f**king on it.

"It was an important part of the film, and also towards the end, don't want to give nothing away, it also becomes integral towards the end. We'll let the viewers enjoy the twist because we don't give away the plot."

When questioned over whether the dance number could act as an audition tape for Strictly Come Dancing for either of them, Dyer jokes: "F**k that, we don't wanna do [that]."

Sampson seemed equally uninterested in the prospect of joining the BBC dance series after his experience learning choreography for the Sky series, saying simply "no" before relaying how he and his best friend used to watch the show when the were younger and made up jingles to the theme tune.

Mr Bigstuff premieres on Sky Max and streaming service NOW from Wednesday, 17 July.