IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Sebastian (Agent in Real Life)
Played by Robert Webb
Robert Webb’s novelist Sebastian in Agent in Real Life from Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping. Before a literary-festival reading, he offers to meet young writers, sign their books and take them to lunch while his agent refuses on his…
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Robert Webb’s novelist Sebastian in Agent in Real Life from Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping. Before a literary-festival reading, he offers to meet young writers, sign their books and take them to lunch while his agent refuses on his behalf. This is the sketch’s fictional author, distinct from unrelated characters named Sebastian.
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