{"id":44975,"date":"2024-02-01T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1983891"},"modified":"2024-02-01T10:50:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T09:50:40","slug":"leo-woodall-on-one-day-the-white-lotus-and-exceeding-expectations","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/leo-woodall-on-one-day-the-white-lotus-and-exceeding-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Leo Woodall on One Day, The White Lotus and exceeding expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woodall stars alongside Ambika Mod in Netflix’s One Day. <\/p>

By Laura Rutkowski\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 01 February 2024 at 09:00 AM<\/p>

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This article was originally published in Radio Times magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n

Acting was something Leo Woodall resisted at first, having come from a family of actors, all the way back to American star Maxine Elliott, who worked in silent films in the 1910s. But he eventually caught the bug and graduated from London\u2019s Arts Educational School in 2019.<\/p>\n

It was Woodall\u2019s mum, Jane, who had read One Day<\/a> and told him all about the character when he was invited to audition. He watched the film and then, when he was called back, started reading the book himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very middle-class,\u201d the 27-year-old west Londoner says, telling the story of how his grandparents came to have lunch with the Queen (his grandfather was a member of the Draper\u2019s Company). \u201cI come from privilege, and privilege definitely plays a part in Dexter\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like Mod, he also felt immediate chemistry when the two met, feeling instantly that she was Emma to his Dexter. \u201cWe clicked and it worked.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Leo Woodall as Dexter and Ambika Mod as Emma in One Day.<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

When their roles were confirmed, the pair met for a drink to get to know each other. \u201cWe knew that what we were about to take on was a big thing and we needed to lean on each other,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

This particularly helped when it came to the love scenes, which they worked on with intimacy coordinators. \u201cWhen Ambika and I started doing those scenes, we\u2019d already built up a trust and a friendship that made it more comfortable and a safer space.\u201d<\/p>\n

During filming, the second series of The White Lotus<\/a> was released, in which Woodall plays Essex lad Jack<\/a>, the \u201cnephew\u201d of Tom Hollander\u2019s character, Quentin. \u201cIt exceeded everyone\u2019s expectations,\u201d he says. \u201cFor me, it opened a lot of doors.\u201d<\/p>

Have people started approaching him in the street yet? \u201cIt happens,\u201d Woodall shrugs. \u201cIt\u2019s not really something worth paying too much attention to.\u201d<\/p>\n

That may be, but is he prepared for even more attention? \u201cAmbika and I both put so much into the show and cared so deeply about the story and our characters \u2014 our only hope is that people respond well to it.\u201d<\/p>\n