Jeronimo Best interview
Monday 23 March
Do you feel embarrassed when you have to dance in front of everyone?
When we were rehearsing I was fine with it, I'm not usually embarrassed. But then during the rehearsal I had to do a bit on my own, which was a step which women might find sexy, you know, and when I did it I suddenly had a moment – you know when you do something with real conviction and then you suddenly see yourself from outside and think 'oh what a plonker! What am I doing?!' So yeah, that was a bit embarrassing. But it's fine, you can just laugh at yourself and have fun with it.
Can we expect lots of glitzy costumes from Fernando?
I have tried some dance trousers which are interesting! And I know they are making a bright red cummerbund thing for me. They are having a lot of fun with the character on screen and with the scripts and stuff, so they'll probably have fun with the costumes too, but I hope I won't look too bad!
Tell us a little bit about your auditions. What did you have to do to try and get the part?
There were about six other people auditioning, and they gave us a bit of time to prepare for the audition which was nice because sometimes you just get thrown into it straight away, and that's a bit difficult. But then I just walked in and went through a few scenes. Everybody was really nice and relaxed about it, and I left the room thinking I have no idea how that went. I just couldn't tell! And then literally on Thursday I heard back from my agent saying they want me to play Fernando!
Don't miss Jeronimo's first scenes on tonight's episode of HOLLYOAKS at 6.30pm on Channel 4.
When we were rehearsing I was fine with it, I'm not usually embarrassed. But then during the rehearsal I had to do a bit on my own, which was a step which women might find sexy, you know, and when I did it I suddenly had a moment – you know when you do something with real conviction and then you suddenly see yourself from outside and think 'oh what a plonker! What am I doing?!' So yeah, that was a bit embarrassing. But it's fine, you can just laugh at yourself and have fun with it.
Can we expect lots of glitzy costumes from Fernando?
I have tried some dance trousers which are interesting! And I know they are making a bright red cummerbund thing for me. They are having a lot of fun with the character on screen and with the scripts and stuff, so they'll probably have fun with the costumes too, but I hope I won't look too bad!
Tell us a little bit about your auditions. What did you have to do to try and get the part?
There were about six other people auditioning, and they gave us a bit of time to prepare for the audition which was nice because sometimes you just get thrown into it straight away, and that's a bit difficult. But then I just walked in and went through a few scenes. Everybody was really nice and relaxed about it, and I left the room thinking I have no idea how that went. I just couldn't tell! And then literally on Thursday I heard back from my agent saying they want me to play Fernando!
Don't miss Jeronimo's first scenes on tonight's episode of HOLLYOAKS at 6.30pm on Channel 4.
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