‘The new DiCaprio’: how Leo Woodall became one of UK’s hottest exports

Fans claim Leo Woodall is taking over the mantle of ‘romcom king’ from Hugh Grant. Photograph: Zoe McConnell/The Observer

You’d probably never heard of him two years ago and now his blue eyes and floppy sandy hair are everywhere – from magazine covers to TikTok montages.

Searches for Leo Woodall multiplied this week with the announcement that the actor has been cast in the fourth Bridget Jones film, Mad About the Boy, crowning a whirlwind few months for the man who has stolen hearts and become one of Britain’s hottest exports.