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‘I’ll be cast as Bond next!’ – the mercurial rise of bedroom star Harry Trevaldwyn
One minute, he was posting skits in his flat. The next, he was auditioning for Judd Apatow. As he stars in Ten Percent – the British remake of Call My Agent! – the actor talks about his new pals, from David Duchovny to Helena Bonham-Carter
Harry Trevaldwyn is preparing for a starry, A-list launch party, the premiere of the first TV series he’s ever appeared in. “I’ve been loaned this amazing red suit,” he says. “I wonder if I could also wear it to the wedding I’m going to at the weekend? Actually, I’d probably be too worried about spilling something all down it.” Navigating this red-carpet world is a new experience for this self-deprecating 28-year-old who, in the space of just two years, has gone from posting comedy skits from his London flat on social media to appearing in The Bubble, a Hollywood movie, and Ten Percent, the British remake of the hit French series Call My Agent!
Bored with his temping job in 2019, but quietly soaking up all the idiosyncrasies of the people around him, Trevaldwyn started posting hilariously biting two-minute character sketches on Instagram to his 31,000 followers. Highlights include the Office Chat Guy (“Oh, you brought a packed lunch! You’re so good”) and The Guy’s Girl (“I’ve recently got into rapping, but not in a culturally appropriative way; in a culturally appropriate way”).
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