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Topics: TV, The Inbetweeners, Instagram, Parenting
Anish Vij
The 'feisty one you are' scene from The Inbetweeners is now 15-years-old, which is hard to believe.
I mean, the fact that the legendary programme aired on E4 for just two years - from 2008 to 2010 - really makes us feel, well, not young.
Nevertheless, the show really was the highlight in that era of British comedy, and let's not forget the two films - The Inbetweeners Movie in 2011 and The Inbetweeners 2 in 2014.
But without a doubt, a particular scene in season two, episode one, The Field Trip, will live long in the memory.
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The episode sees the four students embark on a school trip to Swanage as the socially awkward Will McKenzie (Simon Bird) gets the hots for the new girl, Lauren Harris (Jayne Wisener).
Sadly for her, she gets into a weird love triangle with Will and his best mate Simon Cooper (Joe Thomas).
As they sit at the lunch table, Will panics when Lauren appears to take a very slight interest in Simon, and the only thing he can think of to do is an impression of Star Wars' Yoda.
"Feisty one, you are," he repeatedly tells her, which is met by a look of confusion from Lauren and pure cringeworthiness from us at home.
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Now aged 37, Jayne has addressed the 'amazing' moment - and she looks pretty unrecognisable all these years later.
“I can’t believe it,” she told London Beautiful Life. “I always knew it was amazing.
“I am in the second season and I was such a fan of the first season.
“When I landed the role in The Inbetweeners I was so so delighted with myself.
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“I didn’t quite expect it to be the cult classic it has now become and years later there are generations later coming up to me saying ‘feisty one you are and I am like 'ok'... It is mad, mad.”
Jayne's career was already on an upwards trajectory after starring as Johnny Depp’s daughter in the 2007 musical horror Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
As well as appearing in a number of movies, she's also been busy performing on stage in the West End.
Sadly for Will, the mum-of-two got married in 2012 and now lives in County Antrim in Northern Ireland.
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Taking to the comments, fans of the show said they 'didn’t know who she was in The Inbetweeners until she spoke'.
"Honestly didn’t know who she was until she spoke. She’s changed a lot," one person commented.
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"Some of her lines seemed a bit robotic and unnatural but it was one of the best episodes," a second penned.
As a third added: "I hate these little reminders of how quick times goes by. It feels like 5 minutes since I watched this episode for the first time but it aired 15 years ago and we’re all old."