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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Sam Wollaston

‘Why can’t we be the hero?’: George Webster on acting, ambition, romance and big breaks

George Webster.
‘Everyone has a range of emotions and so do we’ … George Webster. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

There was never really any doubt about what George Webster was going to end up doing – in his mind, anyway; others might have been less sure. “I remember I used to love performing as a kid,” he says. “I dreamed of doing lots of things, like acting, being on TV, films, stage. It was watching things on TV that inspired me.”

“You’ve always liked dressing up and entertaining people,” chips in his mum, Jane. “If there was nobody to entertain, you’d entertain yourself in the mirror.”

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