![]() I also used to love jumping on the train to Hebden Bridge for a day. That whole block was my stomping ground and I have so many fond memories and friends there. My favourite places in the North is without doubt Oldham St, Manchester. Having spent the majority of your younger life living in the North of England where are some of your favourite places to go? A play often changes so much throughout its run as you adapt to the audiences reactions. it depends on who is in the crowd and how much you can engage them. The show is interactive, whether you want that or not. Then you get to feel the audiences tension, their anger and sadness. ![]() A few weeks rehearsals, shared dressing rooms, green rooms and that doesn’t happen always in TV & Film. We’re forced to get to know each other really intimately. We all muck in and do all kinds of different things. I love theatre because it’s a different experience with the team. Having spent most of your career in television how was the experience performing in front of a live audience? Whilst living in Manchester you had a stint alongside Rochdale born Maxine Peak in A Street Car Named Desire at Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre. For a show so vast it felt so close knit and I laughed all day every day. Back to Game of Thrones, I had a ball! I went in for a couple of scenes and they wrote me into the following season and I feel really lucky for that. I was a dramatic kid! I thankfully have since learnt how in order for new things to come in you have to create space. I woke my mum at 5am the day after wrap crying that I ‘had nothing to look forward to anymore’. I used to really struggle to say goodbye to jobs. ![]() I think it is sad but then at the same time nothing lasts forever and it means that all those people both behind and in front of the camera can go off and explore some more. How was your time filming in Northern Ireland and Croatia? Were you sad to see the show finish last month? You also had a role in Game of Thrones, the biggest show on television. Hit & Miss was special because it kind of changed my life on a personal level but I would say I’m definitely still mostly recognised for Waterloo Road. ![]() Am I ageing myself here? I loved Father & Son because it still remains the role I had with the most journey. We shot on film which is such a novelty now I think it captures life so differently. I still always love a short film I shot in 2010 named ‘Friday’ simply because the team were so great and it looks beautiful. Well I enjoy different roles for different reasons. Which role did you enjoy the most and what do you most get recognised for? You have worked on some of the biggest UK series over the years, from Grange Hill and Waterloo Road, to more grittier dramas such as Silk and Father and Son. I think it was three rounds of recalls and such but I booked the role of Wayne and shot it over the summer of ‘99. I did a commercial and then came ‘Seeing Red’. I joined the agency and got my first audition. So she took me there every Saturday at the crack of dawn and after a few months David pulled ‘Mummy’ aside and told her he wanted to start suggesting me for roles. I would beg my mum to find drama classes and after a few fairly fruitless local classes someone told her about David Johnson Drama School. I don’t recall ever wanting to be famous as such but I think I liked being able to command attention and make people feel some type of way. I always knew I wanted to tell stories and did. This year you are celebrating an incredible 20 years in the television industry at the tender age of 30.
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