THR: Do you enjoy the maniacal or the heartfelt parts of the series most?
Gann: I enjoy the heartfelt stuff. My philosophy of my career, and I learned it when I was a stage actor – I played Hamlet once, and a review said, ‘This must be the funniest Hamlet ever,’ but every night the schoolgirls would cry. The first time they were crying as I was dying as Hamlet, I thought they were laughing at me, I thought it was a bad move. A friend told me they were holding each other, crying. My philosophy is, “Make ’em laugh, make ’em laugh, make ’em laugh, make ’em cry, pull the rug out from under them and then dry their eyes with laughter.” I love that bit where they’re crying because they love the character but then start laughing. I love the journey you can take with an audience. I get away with a lot in that [Wilfred dog] suit.