TRAVIS - TRAVIS CHOSE STILLER FOR BEING 'UPTIGHT'

TRAVIS CHOSE STILLER FOR BEING 'UPTIGHT'

Scottish rockers TRAVIS chose movie star BEN STILLER to appear in the video for their new single Closer, because no-one else was "uptight" enough to play the role. The group needed someone to play a stressed and uptight supermarket manager for their latest video, and couldn't think of anyone else who could do a better job. Bassist Douglas Payne says, "(Stiller) is a lovely friend, and when we got the treatment for the video there was this part for an uptight wound-up guy. "We just thought, 'Who do we know that is uptight and wound-up?' So Fran (lead singer) emailed Ben and sure enough he had the day off and it was great, we all went off to LA and started shooting."