What a legend!
With his recent Dark States trilogy earning rave reviews, Louis Theroux fans have plenty to cheer about and the news gets even better because the beloved documentarian is back on our screen this Sunday with Louis Theroux: Talking To Anorexia.
Aside from his brilliant features, Theroux is happy to provide more information about his work and he does so via Twitter. To be honest, his most recent Q&A provided an extremely interesting insight into how he works and during that online interview, Theroux revealed that he’s more than happy to make some more ‘lighthearted’ documentaries – just like he did with Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends.
“I’ve definitely evolved, and we as a production have evolved from doing the lighter stories. I’m still up for having fun in a programme. I enjoy those shows, the UFO one still makes me laugh! At the same time, when we start going the road of doing one of those lighter shows now, usually not always, we abandon it because it feels like we ask ourselves ‘Is there enough there?’ Can we get our teeth into this? Is there 60 minutes of revelation that we can achieve?,” he said.
Well, it’s clear that Theroux hasn’t lost his light touch because he’s having a bit of fun with a Twitter account that’s taking the mickey out of those famous intro lines that he says at the start of every documentary that he makes.
If you’re not following @louistherouxbot then start now because there are some gems here.
I'm in Beirut to meet Grace, a former trombonist turned fascist gymnast who believes Bob Dylan is an alien
— Louis Theroux Bot (@louistherouxbot) October 25, 2017
I'm in New Mexico to meet Chase, a former bigfoot hunter turned evangelical swinger who believes mayonnaise is a myth
— Louis Theroux Bot (@louistherouxbot) October 26, 2017
I'm in Bangladesh to meet Maya, a former war veteran turned bodybuilding fetishist who believes Frasier is government propaganda
— Louis Theroux Bot (@louistherouxbot) October 25, 2017
You get the drift. Well, after Theroux was made aware of this account, he decided to have some fun with his 1.74m followers by saying that if this tweet got enough RTs, he’d record a version of it.
I'm in Amsterdam to meet Hannah, a former IT expert turned cybergoth who believes Hull is a portal to Hell
— Louis Theroux Bot (@louistherouxbot) October 25, 2017
Alright, you asked for it. If this gets enough retweets I'll record it. Using my real voice. https://t.co/hg5ssu7TdJ
— Louis Theroux (@louistheroux) October 25, 2017
There are times when you really have to love the Internet. Well done people, well done.
We’re eagerly awaiting this version and if Louis ever gets short of ideas for his documentaries, we suggest a reenactment of @louistherouxbot’s tweets.
Et voila! I did it in quite a serious mode. I guess it felt like a pretty important story. @louistherouxbot pic.twitter.com/5wCYevz5Mo
— Louis Theroux (@louistheroux) October 26, 2017
I’ve recorded it. Seriously though how do you upload a sound file onto Twitter? https://t.co/InehIj7CPl
— Louis Theroux (@louistheroux) October 26, 2017
