New ITV drama Maternal received a lot of love after last night’s (January 16) premiere episode, but fans couldn’t get past one element of the show.
Joe Thomas has a small role as anaesthetist Matt Malyon, but his part spoiled the show for some viewers.
Joe is best known for playing the ridiculous Simon Cooper on the Channel 4 comedy series The Inbetweeners, and it seems like some viewers can’t see him as a doctor because of it!
Here’s what viewers had to say after the first episode of Maternal.
Maternal on ITV: Viewers distracted by Joe Thomas
You may have recognised the anaesthetist who was in surgery with Lara Pulver’s character Catherine MacDiarmid as Joe Thomas.
The actor and comedian is probably best known for playing awkward teen Simon from the popular Channel 4 comedy series The Inbetweeners.
His character in the comedy series is quite removed from a junior surgeon.
But taking the actor seriously as a doctor proved difficult for quite a few viewers, who are used to seeing him take part in ridiculous antics on The Inbetweeners.
While Joe hasn’t appeared as the character since the second Inbetweeners film in 2014, viewers can’t help but still see him as Simon.
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