Somebody wrote that my voice was more numbing than novocaine.
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“You’re not in Busted any more.” I successfully auditioned to be in Busted and then a couple of days later I got a phone call to say that I was no longer needed as they were going to keep it as the three of them. But it ended up being OK.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 November 2025 source ↗
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Eleanor Tomlinson
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“You were amazing in Game of Thrones.” I say it’s the worst thing – it’s also the best!
“You pinko!” by a Tory minister signing off at the end of an interview with me during the EU referendum campaign.
Rose Ayling-Ellis
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“I’ll tell you later.” They never do.
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View profile →A pair of Back to the Future shoes. They were auctioned off for Michael J Fox’s Parkinson’s charity, so I bid and I won. I am a huge fan of the films and if there was ever a pair of shoes I should own, it was those.
I was in Oliver! when I was 10 and I peed myself on stage in front of however many people the Palladium holds. It was the stuff of nightmares.
I’m quite stubborn.
I’m afraid of the dark.
People who aren’t polite.
Seeing my kids getting older scares me.
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