ACTOR Jack Lowden has revealed he is still thrilled by his teenage appearance in adverts for Irn Bru. The Slow Horses star said he spots cast and crew on film sets watching the adverts he was cast in when he was 19. 7 Jack Lowden is still thrilled by his Irn Bru ad Credit: Getty 7 The Slow Horses star said he spots cast and crew on film sets watching the adverts Credit: Alamy 7 He grew up in the Scottish Borders Credit: Alamy The ads for the drink featured a spoof of ‘High School Musical’.
Lowden, 34, hailed the commercials as ‘works of art’ and told of his pride at having starred in them He said: “There’s always a fantastic moment when I am on a film set and the crew find it and you can just see folk in a group with their shoulders going up and down. Because it was ridiculous. “I was 19 and I was so excited to do it and it did seem like a rite of passage because some of those adverts were works of art and had that brilliant typical cynical sense of humour and I’m immensely proud of it.
” READ MORE IN TV no show problem Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood dismisses show controversy ALLY ROSS How the hell did we go from Blind Date to abomination Dating Naked? Lowden called for backing for the arts and said providing stage or music outlets for young people was a ‘necessity’ and could boost mental health . The Gold star retains a close connection with the Borders in Scotland , where he grew up and recently took part in a play at his old school Earlston High in tribute to his former drama teacher. He said: “It is a fragile sector and I think people sometimes look at it in the wrong way, that it is a sort of luxury .
“I know it is nothing new and I know people always moan about the arts and it is quite easy to tell people to shut up. Most read in News TV LOOKING IN Netflix teams up with Scot behind award-winning drama HELPING HAND Danni Menzies left in hospital as star recovers with 'bestie' mum by her side WASHOUT Cast of series dubbed 'new Bridgerton' look miserable Scots rain lashes film set OFF SCREEN Lorraine star reveals they've been on 'top secret' trip amid absence from show “I was a very shy kid when I was growing up and until I went on stage, weirdly I felt at home and felt that affirmation. “Everyone should have that chance of affirmation and that doesn’t have to be academic or just sport .
” Tartan Army fans hail new Irn-Bru advert as Still Game favourite stars in clip “It does wonders for people’s mental health . I wouldn’t be who I am without the arts. “It is not a luxury, it is a necessity.
” Lowden is engaged to Hollywood actress Saiorse Ronan and played a heroic RAF pilot in Christopher Nolan’s epic Dunkirk . He won the Laurence Olivier award for best actor in a supporting role in Richard Eyre’s revival of Henrik Ibsen’s 1881 drama Ghosts . 7 He appeared in an Irn Bru advert when he was 19 7 Lowden, 34, hailed the commercials as ‘works of art’ 7 He has told of his pride at having starred in them 7 The ads for the drink featured a spoof of ‘High School Musical’.
