Dominic West
English actor
My singing career.
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Early in my career I got really close to being one of the kids in the Narnia movie. I remember being crushed.
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Seeing the future die, from Bobby Kennedy to dear friends.
I suspect it hasn’t happened yet.
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Like something or someone is part of your DNA, the fabric of who you are.
At the Mighty Hoopla festival, Kimberley and Nicola from Girls Aloud joined me on stage for a Girls Aloud song. I completely forgot the words.
Jill Nalder. Lydia West played her character in It’s a Sin. She was on the wards with nurses caring for patients who were dying [of Aids] when lots of people wouldn’t go near them.
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