The Split star Stephen Mangan says losing his mum to cancer when she was just 45 made him pursue his acting dream.
The actor, 54, whose dad died at 63 from a brain tumour, credits the early tragedy for pushing him.
Stephen, who also appeared in Green Wing, says: “I had never really considered [acting] as an option, but it gave me the courage to try it because, frankly, it was such a wake-up call that I might have maybe only 20 more years.”
