Richard appeared with Lena Dunham on the cover the cover of The Sunday Times magazine, promoting the upcoming third season of HBO’s “Girls”.

“Absolutely thrilled to make the cover with Lena Dunham -THE multi-hyphenate talented actor-writer-director-producer” Tweeted REG on his Twitter account.

In the show, REG makes a big impression as Jessa’s friend Jasper. Executive producer Jennifer Konner said Richard was “A really big fan of Girls”, before adding “Withnail and I is one of our favourites. That was living the dream.”