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Owen Cooper's steps to Emmys success: Adolescence star's audition tape is revealed after Stephen Graham made unusual step of casting completely unknown teen in lead Netflix role


Remarkably, it was Owen's first acting role, yet he caught the eye of co-creators  Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne after sending in an audition tape.

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