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Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa says he “bombed” audition for his iconic role

Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa opened up his audition for his popular character Eric Effiong in a brand new interview.  Sitting down with The Guardian, Gatwa revealed that he “bombed” his first audition after reading that his character “must be hysterical.”  His nerves persisted into the next round when he read lines with Connor Swindells, who plays his on-screen love interest, Adam Groff. “At that point, I looked bigger than Connor, so for the bullying scenes, I remember them stopping the audition and being like, we need something about the…

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