OHMYGOSSIP — Shaun Williamson can’t get hired for “serious” roles because of his soap past.
The 54-year-old actor – who played loveable Barry Evans in ‘EastEnders’ between 1994 and 2004 – believes his association with the soap character and his decision to subsequently seek comedy roles have stunted his career, meaning he won’t ever star as a ‘Line of Duty’ killer.
Shaun explained: “You make a conscious decision when you leave a soap that you either stay on the path of being a serious dramatic actor or you become a TV personality and I erred towards the latter.
“That means they won’t hire me to be the serial killer in the next series of ‘Line Of Duty’ because they would feel I lack credibility in that sort of role.
“But it does mean you get lots of juicy well-paid work – I did ‘Five Go Barging’ last year and what a craic to be on a barge for two weeks with John Prescott.”
Shaun thinks it’s “tragic” that he can’t get hired for serious TV roles, but he’s now accepted the situation.
He told the Daily Star newspaper: “No-one’s going to pay me to be Uncle Vanya in ‘Chekhov’ and there is something a little bit tragic about that, but that’s just the way it goes.”
Despite his ‘EastEnders’ links, Shaun is still open to the idea of appearing in another soap.
However, he also acknowledges that the TV landscape has changed since his heyday on the BBC show.
He said: “I love ‘Emmerdale’ and ‘Coronation Street’. I think the acting in these shows is as good as it’s ever been.
“They are just not getting the figures because people have got more leisure options, more channels. I caught the tail end of it in the mid-1990s when there were only four channels.”
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