The Top Boy star on making his directorial debut, becoming a grandfather and hiding his ballet skills from the boys in PeckhamLondon-born Ashley Walters, 38, first found fame under the moniker Asher D, a member of UK garage collective So Solid Crew.
He’s now best known as an actor, with film and TV credits including Bullet Boy, Hustle, Small Island and Top Boy.
He currently stars in Sky One action series Bulletproof and recently made his directorial debut with Sky Arts short film Boys.Boys is about best friends on an east London estate.
Was it inspired by teenage lads getting unfairly portrayed by the media?Definitely.
It stems from me going through that with So Solid back in the day.
We were villains in the press for a long time.
That’s not to say we didn’t deserve it at times.
But what I’m trying to
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