Rob Sheehan has opened up about his break through role on Misfits – admitting it’s been toxic.
Playing Nathan in the hit E4 series, the Port Laoise native revealed having a show that’s popular can be difficult for an actor to be relevant.
“One thing that becomes important as an actor is relevance – that affects your choices,” he said.
Relevance: Rob admitted relevance is important to an actor | VIPIRELAND.COM
“Like, you know when someone says, ‘Ah yeah, I really love that actor, but what are they doing now? ‘They’ve not done anything for years!’ And usually that’s not true.
“You’d think as an actor you’d go, ‘God, I’d hate people to think that about me.’ But I think that’s a really corrupting thought,” he told TheSkinny.co.uk.
“That’s the thing about doing a show that had relevance; popularity equalling relevance, equals fame to some extent, and so really what you mean is you want to stay in the minds of people, in a fame way,” he explained.
Toxic: Rob opened up about fame | VIPIRELAND.COM
“And that’s toxic, to try and follow a career in that way. So I try to remove that entirely from the equation,” he revealed.
“But at the same time, Misfits, for me, was stumbling into a show that was really popular… it has done great things for my career.”
