He may have been one of TV’s hardest men but in real life, he suffered tremendous abuse for being ‘too posh’
Former EastEnders thug Ross Kemp said he was teased for ‘talking posh’ by his friends when his career started out.
The actor made his name playing Grant Mitchell during the 1990’s in the BBC soap.
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Whereas he looked to come across as an East End gangster, his mates off screen ripped into him for his accent.
This banter was at its most rife after he returned home following a stint at drama school in London as a teenager.
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