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Article: Ashley Walters; He was rich and famous by the age of 20 - but then he lost the lot when he served time for a gun crime. So how did this rising star of British film go from gangster rapper to all-round good guy? In a taxi with...(Features)
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 6, 2009
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Byline: Interview MAUREEN PATON
I 've never heard a man confess to tears until Ashley Walters shows me the names of his three children tattooed across his chest. 'I cried each time from the pain,' admits the former teenage rapper Asher D from garage band So Solid Crew. Yet those agonisingly acquired etchings are a sign of Ashley's commitment to a life that's very different from the characters this charismatic, almond-eyed actor portrays on screen.
Best known for his breakthrough role as tearaway Ricky in the 2004 film Bullet Boy, and then as rookie trickster Billy Bond for BBC1's Hustle in 2007, he gets cast as dangerous charmers every time. 'But I lead ...