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'Posh Boys' Playing Gangsters: Eddie Marsan on TV and Film Industry's Obsession with Upper-Class Actors
Eddie Marsan criticizes UK industry bias favoring privileged actors as only 8% of British actors come from working-class backgrounds, down from 20% in past decades.
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'Posh boys' playing gangsters: Eddie Marsan on TV and film industry's obsession with upper-class actors
"If you want to be an actor in this country, and you come from a disadvantaged background, you have to be exceptional," says Marsan, who argues people like Laurence Fox fear greater representation on screen will "level the playing field".
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