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. I live there with my two cats, Fanta and Sprite, and my partner is basically my neighbour, who lives 10 minutes away. Where do you stay in London? I did a shoot in Claridge’s with Ellen von Unwerth when I was 19 and I remember being shook to my core that such a decadent and luxurious place existed.
If I think, ‘What is the epitome of luxury?’ It would be that. Where was your first flat in London? I moved to London in 2008 and found a room in a flat behind Brick Lane. I mean, it wasn’t really a bedroom — it was a room under the stairs with no windows, and I slept on an air mattress because I couldn’t fit a bed in there.
And I paid £500 a month for the privilege. What was your first job? When I moved to London I was very much a jobbing actor, so I did weekend shifts in Rokit clothing and , ’s restaurant. It was a lot of fun, even though we were so messy and not very good at our jobs.
Where would you recommend for a first date? The canal from Camden to Angel, to London Fields and beyond. It’s full of London’s history and has all these stop-offs, like the . I like movement on a date, so you’re not just sitting opposite each other.
Which shops do you rely on? for new clothes. , this four-floor antique warehouse for interiors. After Noah in Islington for gifts.
Atlantis Bookshop on Museum Street for all your metaphysical needs and . What’s the best thing a cabbie has ever said to you? Once a cab driver dropped me off and said, ‘Oh, can we take.
