Forget 5 Hertford Street: Any cool kid on the London scene will tell you that dancing to UK garage at The Pickle Factory is far more on trend. Just ask the floppy-haired, high-cheekboned ‘Duke of Dalston’, Guy Remmers, the east London-based actor who’s on the brink of being everywhere. Case in point: he once found himself on stage at a gig dancing beside British rapper (and society favourite) Skepta, after having schmoozed his way backstage.
‘I’ve got the gift of the gab,’ he says, his ice-blue eyes full of mischief. ‘I’m good at sneaking into places.’ Gaining access to the most exclusive haunts is child’s play for this 28-year-old Bristolian.
After all, he’s broken into the acting industry with barely any official training, taking a lead role in the remake of as the devastatingly handsome Theo, Duke of Tintagel, ‘England’s most eligible bachelor’. The taciturn, brooding duke, who resides at clifftop Tintagel Castle, will catch your eye the moment he appears on screen, wind ruffling his hair as he gazes out over the sea. Later, he silences everyone in his presence as the guest of honour at a debutante ball.
Remmers isn’t allowed to discuss the project due to the SAG-AFTRA strikes, still ongoing at the time of writing. However, some questions inevitably lead back to it. Has he ever been starstruck? Where did he meet his girlfriend? ‘On that thing I can’t talk about.
’ Instead, talk turns to how he got here, sitting on the rooftop of The Stand.