One Day actor Leo Woodall ‘doesn’t really get Tube any more’ after fan remark
The British actor stars as Renee Zellweger’s love interest in upcoming romantic comedy Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.
One Day actor Leo Woodall says he has largely given up taking London public transport after an “uncomfortable” comment from a female fan.
The British actor stars as Renee Zellweger’s love interest in upcoming romantic comedy Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, and is also known for Prime Target and The White Lotus.
Last year, he rose to prominence in Netflix hit series One Day, based on the romantic David Nicholls book of the same name.
Woodall told Elle UK: “I don’t really get the Tube any more. (A woman) told me her husband gets really jealous. It was just so uncomfortable.”
The actor said “it did all go a bit nuts for me”.
“At first it was, like, ‘oh this is cool’, and pretty quickly it just started to feel a bit icky,” he added.
Woodall said he will take inspiration from Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston on fame because “instead of being in the limelight and getting caught up in all that, he’s just kept a lid on it and made some really good work”.
The 28-year-old has been reportedly dating his White Lotus co-star Meghann Fahy, 34, who played Theo James’s wife in the second series.
“We’re very good at keeping it as private as we can,” Woodall said.
“To me, that’s the only way. You see public relationships all the time slapped all over social media and I can’t imagine that’s any fun. It should be a safe space and so I think letting people into it is completely counterproductive.”
In The White Lotus, Woodall played a charismatic young man who begins a flirtatious relationship with an assistant to Jennifer Coolidge’s character while hiding sinister interests, in the HBO show which is set in a different luxury hotel for each season.
In Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Londoner Woodall plays Hampstead Heath park worker Roxster, who meets the clumsy and lovelorn TV worker (Zellweger) after rescuing her from a tree.
In Apple TV+ series Prime Target he plays student Edward Brooks, who is working on accessing all the world’s computers, but faces hidden forces trying to stop him.
For more see elle.com/uk/leo-woodall-interview.
