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One Day star Leo Woodall was bullied at school but is now billed as new Brad Pitt as actor draws in a record 15m viewers... whose thespian dad begged: 'Don't be an actor!'
Leo Woodall 's CV from his days at London 's ArtsEd drama school reads more like that of an athlete than an actor. He is 'highly skilled' in sports but there is scant mention of his ability on stage.
His father, Andrew, meanwhile — an actor who has had roles in Casualty and Grantchester — used to watch his two sons re-enacting scenes from The Matrix and Lord Of The Rings in the playground in Hammersmith, West London, where they grew up. On screen in One Day, Leo plays troubled Dexter Mayhew, starring alongside Ambika Mod as Emma Morley, the on-off best friends from David Nicholls' heart-wrenching, best-selling 2009 novel. Leo credits Kerry with helping him perfect his Essex accent for Jack, the character he played in darkly comic series The White Lotus alongside Tom Hollander.
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