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Red Rock star reveals he's no stranger to dramatic TV – after being shot in the face in Love/Hate

He’s best known for his character Keith Kiely on TV3’s Red Rock but actor Stephen Cromwell is no stranger to a crime drama after been shot in the face in Love/Hate.

You might not remember him, but he played the character of Gary in season 3 of the series, ironically his character was killed by Rob Sheehan’s character Darren, the same name as his brother who has killed in Love/Hate.

“Yeah the agent called and said do you want to be seen on Love/Hate, obviously I was delighted and celebrated – open up the page, then bang, shot in the face. But it’s Love/Hate so you do it.”

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From Love/Hate to Red Rock: Red Rock actor Stephen Cromwell admitted to role on RTE drama | TV3

Trying to cover up Tommy’s murder of Git, the Head of the IRA, Nidge tries to frame Elmo and his cousin Gary for it which ends in tear with Darren shooting Gary and his wife dead.

Talking about his time on the critically acclaimed show, the actor admitted he had “never stunts before” like on Love/Hate admitting to how he loved “doing stuff with special effects.”

Chatting to Aisling O’Loughlin on Xpose, the Stillorgan native explained that Red Rock is nothing like his previous RTE show.

“I think with all the promo Ireland were expecting a crime drama but it’s a soap that looks like a drama, at the end of the day it has to follow all the rules of a soap which is before half eight.”

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Fan of crime: the Stillorgan actor explained how Red Rock differs from his crime drama | TV3

Adding: “you’re not going to see a murder a week, you know your not going to see profanities, no language or scenes of an extremely graphic nature but the stories are solid.”

Talking about his character Keith, the Dublin actor explained “he’s prone to violence but I believe there’s a bit of a heart under there.”

Before adding “but he would do absolutely anything to please his ma Bridget and she doesn’t really have so much of a heart.”

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