although the first name of 'i' is not stated anywhere in the film, it is widely believed that it is 'peter'. this myth arose as a result of a line of misheard dialogue. in the scene where monty meets the two actors, withnail asks him if he would like a drink. in his reply, monty both accepts his offer and says "...you must tell me all the news, i haven't seen you since you finished your last film". while pouring another drink, and downing his own, withnail replies that he has been "rather busy uncle. tv and stuff". then pointing at marwood he says "he's just had an audition for rep". some fans hear this line as ""peter"'s had an audition for rep", although the original shooting script and all commercially published versions of the script read "he's".