Your next Netflix obsession? Katherine Ryan has revealed that she's writing a "scripted project" for the streaming service.
Ryan's stand-up special In Trouble dropped on Netflix last February and now the comedian has revealed to Digital Spy that she's looking to follow it up with a scripted comedy.
"I have a project with Netflix. I'm doing a scripted project for them right now. You never know until you see it on the screen whether or not it's definitely going to be made or not, but it's being written."
Ryan previously wrote and starred in the Sky Arts short Katherine Ryan in Ireland and says that pursuing scripted comedy is "definitely something that [she] want[s] to do".
"If this one doesn't end up getting made, I'll write another one. I really am grateful to have my special streaming on Netflix, and I hope that it goes that way.
"Comedians just want to tell their story in any way that they can. But who knows? I'm a pretty bad actress when I'm playing anyone but myself."
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Launching a scripted Netflix comedy would be another coup for the award-winning comic, who's often compared to a young Joan Rivers – a tag that she says she's totally happy with.
"I'm not precious about that at all – I think it's very flattering," she says. "I think I'm a little bit warmer and softer, dare I say it, than Joan Rivers. Y'know, people ask me all the time, 'Katherine, can you be softer? Can you be fresh? Can you warm?' Like an avocado.
"Joan had to be the way she was. She had to be that acerbic, because she was very busy knocking down doors for women like me, and creating a path for women like me. So any comparison to her is a good one."
Forging her own path, Ryan says that right now is a "wonderful time to be a comedian" – even as the world gets seemingly more insane with each passing day.
"Comedy has always been a rebellious art," she insists. "I think it's very political, and journalists are being silenced all over the world right now. So I think you have quite a difficult time on your hands, quite a tricky job.
"To say something in stand-up comedy, live in a room, really is very freeing. Something happens in the news, and you're able to get on stage and talk about it that evening. So I think there's been no better time for stand-up comedy.
"I don't worry at all about being PC, or being too PC, or anything. As long as you're punching up – that's my rule. As long as you're punching up, I think you can say anything you like...
"Will it get you barred from certain countries? Yeah, probably."
Katherine Ryan is the host of Roast Battle UK, airing across five nights from tonight (Monday, January 15) at 10pm on Comedy Central UK. Viewers will be able to catch up on the series weekly starting Wednesday, January 24 at 10pm.
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