Russell Brand To Quit Britain For L.A.?.

01 November 2008

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British comedian Russell Brand plans to flee to Los Angeles to escape the furore surrounding his controversial prank calls to actor Andrew Sachs, according to reports.Brand quit his job as a Bbc radio presenter after outrage over a stunt in which he and fellow broadcaster Jonathan Ross recorded voicemail messages for Fawlty Towers star Sachs.In the calls, the pair made lewd comments about Brand's fling with 78-year-old Sachs' granddaughter.And the funnyman is apparently keen to leave the U.K. when filming has wrapped on his TV show Ponderland, according to Britain's The Sun.A source tells the newspaper, "He just wants to get on the next plane out of England - and get away from this mess."Russell rushed along the filming so he could get to L.A. as soon as possible.".