Neil Morrissey slams TV 'snobs' and calls for more working class actors

has slammed TV ‘snobs’ and called for more working class actors to break through in the industry.

The actor, who is currently preparing to star in BBC series The Syndicate, spoke about the prejudice faced by actors from a working-class background. ‘When Oxbridge people are pumping a lot of money into a production, they want their own,’ he told the‘We [working-class actors] are always underrepresented, because it’s hard to sell a bunch of Northerners to an American network when they consider Brits to be slightly fey James Bond-ish types, not people who work in a factory.’

Neil – who grew up in a Stoke-on-Trent care home – is set to star in The Syndicate, a drama that follows people’s lives after they win the lottery.The actor went on to say: ‘I’ve met people with a massive education and almost zero intelligence; people who’ve been through Oxbridge but don’t know how to sew a hem or boil an egg.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

Umm as Actors portray many roles why does it matter what “class” they come from? Most Actors struggle on the way up, modeling, doing advertisements, working in other roles and many were not born with any form of “silver spoon” most have or are still doing the “ hard yards”.

He’s right like but it’s just a shame for him he was a shite actor

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