The critically acclaimed actor is here filming an ITV drama
Top Boy actor Ashley Walters has returned to film in Belfast for an upcoming TV drama.
Walter has been busy lately and has gained significant critical acclaim for his role in the BAFTA-winning TV show Adolescence, in which he plays a police officer.
The former So Solid Crew rapper has an impressive roster of roles under his belt, including Top Boy, created by Northern Irish novelist and screenwriter Ronan Bennett.
In a chat with Belfast Live, the actor reminisced about returning after almost two decades, when he was previously here filming another project in Titanic Studios, saying, “It has been a long time, but I’ve always loved Northern Ireland”.
When asked why he enjoyed filming here, he said: “I think it boils down to kind of the relation between the oppressed around the world, and they have a real kind of, I mean, people here are really great people and nice people, so I’ve always found that.”
Adding that “they are very supportive of people who find themselves being oppressed, you know, around the world, and I see that they connect the dots a lot.”
He went on to say, “So you feel really safe. You feel really welcomed.”
Walters has been here filming for a while, and when asked what he was doing in his spare time. He joked that he didn’t have much of it but that his kids “are obsessed” with the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in Holywood.
The actor is in Northern Ireland filming for the upcoming ITV drama First Woman, in which he plays a character called Ben.
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