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Ashley Walters joins the cast - Radio Times, April 2007 |
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Nick Griffiths gets the lowdown on the new Hustle star.
"His character's name's Bond. Billy
Bond. "He's a con artist," explains
Ashley Walters. "He started
out as a pickpocket, that's his main
trade. He does [less elaborate]
'short cons' - he's very good at
convincing people to do something
they wouldn't usually do. But he's
always been fascinated by 'long con'
artists. He knows about the Hustle
crew and he hears on the grapevine
that they're looking for a new guy
to train, so he makes it his
business to find them."
Coincidentally, Walters knows
the man he's replacing. "I did Storm
Damage with Adrian Lester in
2000. So it's weird coming into this
when he's left - it's like I'm filling his
shoes. Even though Billy's the kid of
the gang, I get a lot of responsibility."
Walters, who was sentenced to 18
months in jail in 2001 for possessing
a loaded gun while a rapper with
So Solid Crew, is now a rising star
in the acting game, with roles in
Bullet Boy, Get Rich or Die Tryin'
and Life and Lyrics.
Vaughn says of his new co-star:
"With Ashley there's a great
combination of little-boy charm
and, somewhere behind, flashes of
violence. He's a good actor. I think
the combination works very well."
And when Jaime Murray
describes her male colleagues on
the show as being "like older
brothers", she adds: "Ashley's
been a huge rap artist and he's had
quite a colourful past, and you
would think that might
change someone. But
he's just been an
utter sweetheart.
"I was being
particularly silly
one day and he
turned to me
and said,
'Who'd have
thought
when I
watched
you on
telly, Jaime,
that I'd end
up loving you
so much?' I was
just like, 'Ahhh.'"
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