Adolescence’s Ashley Walters admits he ‘regrets’ tough new role

Top Boy star Ashley Walters made a surprising confession about his latest role in Netflixâ??s hard-hitting drama

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Adolescence’s Ashley Walters has admitted he “regretted” taking on Stephen Graham’s gripping new drama.

The Top Boy star portrays DI Luke Bascombe in the four-part drama, which was filmed in four continuous takes of about an hour.

At the start of the series, Bascombe arrests 13-year-old Jamie Miller (played by Owen Cooper) for the murder of one of his female classmates, leaving his parents Eddie (Graham) and Manda (Christine Tremarco) devastated.

Speaking at the series’ premiere in London, Walters revealed he didn’t know what he was signing up for when his “friend and mentor” Graham got in touch with the project.

“Regardless of what the job was going to be, I would have said yes anyway,” he said. “You never say no to Stephen Graham.

Adolescence's first episode follows the harrowing arrest of a 13-year-old boy

“He has a heart of gold, he’s one of the purist guys in this industry, as far as I’m concerned. I’ve worked with a lot of people, they are not all like him. So to work with people that you love, respect, is so rare in this game.

“So when you get the opportunity, you do it. And that’s what it was.”

He then admitted: “And when I got there… I f****** regretted it.”

After laughs from the audience, Walters went on: “Every day, Phil [Barantini, director] will tell you, I was in tears! Every day I was going home, crying in my script. Rocking, you know.

“It was the hardest thing in the world. No, no it was. I was so insecure. I was so insecure, and it’s a lot. I had to learn the whole script.

“And I had a lot to say in that first episode. And you’re leading a lot of it, as well. A lot of it is police jargon and whatever.”

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Walters also shared that he was taken along on a real police raid with Graham’s cousin - who he stressed “was the copper, by the way!” - as part of his research, though it ended up being an “anti-climax”.

“It was all irrelevant,” Walters went on. “It was fun and I got to see procedure and stuff like that, but actually, the heart of that character is him being a dad. That’s the connection.

“And, I think, for Bascombe, someone who’s dealing with these sorts of cases a lot, he wanted justice for the little girl, he wanted justice for that family.

“But, on arresting this young man, there comes the question ‘Why? Why is this happening?’”

Walters is a father of four from a previous relationship and currently lives with his wife and their two children, so the role and Adolescence’s timely subject matter clearly hit close to home for the actor.

Thankfully, he was able to go toe-to-toe with his co-star Graham, with the whole cast delivering exceptional performances despite the immense challenge of filming entire episodes in one go.

Adolescence is available to stream on Netflix.

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