Eddie Marsan
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That all the cliches about people in the music industry are true.
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British summers give me a really happy feeling. My bedroom at our family home in Harrow looks out on to our garden and a cricket field, and you just know when it’s the first day of summer.
My mum, because she’s been a nurse for over 40 years. She works in a hospice, and there’s no bullshit with her.
I had heart surgery when I was 17. The other time was when I fell off my piano. My head was an inch away from a metal step.
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