Outnumbered star admits struggles to find acting work after childhood stardom ahead of BBC show’s big return
OUTNUMBERED actor Tyger Drew-Honey has confessed he struggled to land acting work after wrapping Outnumbered.
The actor rose to fame as Jake on the hit BBC sitcom when he was just a teenager.
The iconic role allowed him to rise to fame but the star has admitted that ahead of the show’s Christmas special return later this year there have been times when he has been forced to take on ‘normal’ jobs.
Speaking to The Sun at the National Television Awards, Tyger revealed that he had spent time working on building sites despite his celebrity status after he failed to gain acting work.
Tyger told us: “My acting career over the years has just been…
“I have done some good things but then their have been times that I’ve worked on building sites.
“I just dream of having constant acting work and I really hope the hype and the momentum of this special continues so that we can all have a really successful next year because the last three or four years have been tough for this industry.”
Tyger then appeared to hint that the show could make yet another return next year if it proves successful at Christmas as he continued: “For this to come back and give us good hope for next year I think is brilliant and that’s what I’m hoping for anyway.”
Elsewhere, Tyger reflected once again on the struggles in obtaining acting work as he spoke out after handing out the award for Best Comedy alongside his co-stars.
The star confessed: “In all honesty, I think when you get such a big show so young, you think it’s going to be easy as an actor.
“Then you become an actor, and then you become an adult, and you’ve got a mortgage and different things and then sometimes the boat doesn’t always come.
“The memories that I’ve got of being on set with these two, I will cherish forever.
“And my dream and my goal is to make more memories like that on big sets with lots of other talented actors.
Elsewhere, the trio also opened up to The Sun about finding out about their on-screen parents Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner’s real-life romance.
Ramona Marquez admitted it was a surprise before Daniel Roache added: “It was great news, to be honest.
“We’ve known both of them for a long time.
NTAs was no big surprise, says our telly expert
COMMENT BY ROD MCPHEE
THE only surprise at tonight’s National Television Awards was that there were virtually no surprises.
Ant and Dec took home Presenter Award for the millionth time, Strictly bagged the Talent Show gong and I’m A Celebrity triumphed in the Entertainment category.
Kate Garraway scooping the authored documentary award for Derek’s Story was entirely deserved, but not a total shock either as she’d already done the same two years ago with Caring for Derek.
There were a few curveballs. Emmerdale beating Goliath soaps EastEnders and Corrie was unexpected, particularly as the rivals have both boasted big storylines recently.
And though there was no doubting how hugely moving Mr BatesVs The Post Office was for viewers this year, it was still stunning to see them bag three awards.
Does the general lack of surprises diminish the thrill of the NTAs? Not at all. It remains one of the few awards shows which actually gauges what the majority of Brits are actually watching.
We live in a bewildering world where scandals often rock shows, in an age where streaming means the shared experience is diminished and ratings are hard to decipher.
But year in, year out NTA voters leave us in no doubt which shows they adore, which ones they’ve fallen out of love with, and which celebrities they’re prepared to back.
Look at how quickly relatively new shows like The Traitors, Bridgerton and The 1% Club have been embraced by NTA voters.
They aren’t interested in PR stunts and promotion, in highbrow actors and writers lauded by their fellow luvvies and they certainly can’t stand having what they ought to be watching dictated to them
They tell us all loud and clear, every year, who they consider to be the best – and woe betide any telly exec who ignores them.
“You can imagine, we’re on a set with three kids and for a lot of the time, they’re the only two adult actors.
“We had separate green rooms. They get on so well, the chemistry’s so real.
“So happy for them.”
Ramona added: “My mum said, ‘Can’t they adopt you and now you can make a real-life Outnumbered family.”
Hugh and Claire began playing married couple Pete and Sue Brockman in 2007.
The actors confirmed their real-life relationship in 2018 – two years after their last (at the time) on-screen appearance together.