James Buckley, 39, reveals The Inbetweeners cast are struggling with their age as he confirms new TV show with Joe Thomas after movie filming wraps

The Inbetweeners star James Buckley has revealed the cast are struggling with their age while shooting the upcoming third movie. The actor, 39, who plays pathological liar Jay Cartwright in the franchise, spoke with his wife Clair on their podcast The Buckleys about the upcoming movie. News of the film came in September, with Netflix taking on the movie starring James alongside Simon Bird, 42, Blake Harrison, 41, and Joe Thomas, 43, in resuming roles as Will McKenzie, Neil Sutherland and Simon Cooper respectively.Having first hit screens in 2008, James noted the group are 'much older' than they used to be so are suffering the aches and pains of age while filming. As well as discussing the health of the group, he also told Clair about an upcoming project with Joe, with whom he hosts podcast Joe and James Fact Up.He said: '[After The Inbetweeners] I'm going straight into something else which has been announced actually that I'm doing with Joe. Yeah. I've not told you about it. No. Me and Joe are making a TV show for Channel 4.' The Inbetweeners star James Buckley has revealed the cast are struggling with their age while shooting the upcoming third movie Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, James and Blake Harrison (L-R) are pictured in 2011's first movieJames explained that the group are feeling their age, saying: 'We're a lot older than we used to. You got to have a lot of energy and stuff...'We are like we do keep laughing like there's a lot of stuff, you know, I don't think I'll be giving anything away by saying there's a lot of stuff getting in and out of cars cuz that's what we do in the in there's a lot of car scenes and stuff for some reason...'We're always bin a car and now even on camera even like while we're filming it's like we do we talk outside the car and then we get in the car and we all four of us get in the car like [groaning] like people's knees are hurting these days...'Blake was complaining about his neck the other day. Bless him. Um yeah, we're all uh we're all a lot we're all a lot older and it's uh it's become painfully aware how much time has passed.'He also spoke about the need for continuity with items such as haircuts, while revealing his upcoming project with Joe. He said: 'Once you've got a haircut, it's like, well, we've got to stick with that now. Yeah. And then I'm going straight into something else which has been announced actually that I'm doing with Joe. Yeah. I've not told you about it...'Me and Joe are making a TV show for Channel 4. You have to go back. Yeah. So, what will happen is we'll finish filming this'. He also spoke about the need for continuity with items such as haircuts, while revealing his upcoming project with Joe News of the movie follows months of speculation over the revival of the sitcom, which was originally broadcast on Channel 4 between 2008 and 2010 before the release of two films in 2011 and 2014 and a reunion in 2019 The confession comes after James shed light on his financial struggles when he was starting out on the show while working as a kitchen fitter. He previously revealed he was still doing his day job while filming the first series of the iconic comedy over 18 years ago, for which he was paid £6k to play Jay.Detailing his precarious financial situation, he said: 'I was literally like at some points I was like, I can't afford a travel card to get to this place, right? Like I don't have any money. I'm fitting kitchens. Yeah. Oh, it's funny. I took it out.'On receiving freebies once he got to fame, he added: 'All freebies, of course. All free stuff because I didn't have enough money to buy clothes, of course... James has shed light on his financial struggles when he was starting out on the show (James pictured as Jay in 2009)'And it's weird when you get when you first get on the television because you don't really earn any money, right? But still, you've got to be on magazines and go on talk shows and stuff like that.'He previously said: 'I was fitting kitchens before I could afford not to - so I was still fitting kitchens whilst the first series of The Inbetweeners was coming out.'James also revealed that at the start of his fame, he went to collect a kitchen from Hens in Lakeside the day after the first episode aired, after which the customer asked if he was 'off the telly'.