Jeevan Braich has thanked Andrew Lloyd Webber for giving him his big break. The 17-year-old actor was chosen by musical theatre impresario Andrew, 76, to star in the leading role of steam engine Rusty in 'Starlight Express' - which is now running as a reimagined version in the specially-designed arena at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre - and is thrilled that the composer decided to "take a chance" on him when he "could have very easily" cast a celebrity or an established name in the part. He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "I feel very blessed to be able to say that.
..can I call Andrew Lloyd Webber friend? Yes.
"It means a lot. So lovely. And I think it's very daunting, especially like, when I was back in Birmingham in school, of course, like so many of his songs were on my playlist before I even knew I was going to be in ‘Starlight’.
"A now to say that I've sat down and had dinner with him and stuff like that, and we've recorded the soundtrack together. To say that is a lot. It's very daunting knowing a name, especially a name like his before you meet him, and I went in, and he just couldn't have been lovelier, but he also couldn't have been more empathetic.
"The fact that, like everyone would just sit down and say, Okay, what do you want to bring to this character? "Because, I mean, ‘Starlight’ has been going on for 40 years. He's seen so many different versions of Rusty in ‘Starlight’, and he really cared about how this version was going to be, and how my ve.
