EastEnders’ Danny Dyer has hit out at the snobbery in the showbiz industry.
“You’ve got actors like Benedict Cumberbatch – a great actor, but he’s a posh boy playing posh boys. He does it well, and he doesn’t get mocked for that” he told Woman magazine, commenting that despite his acting background, he wasn’t taken seriously.
“I play working class people, and I get mocked for it. I’m stereotyped, he’s not. I’ve done plays at the National Theatre, come off stage and gone into the bar and I ain’t got nothing in common with those people.
Dyer currently plays landlord Mick Carter in the BBC One soap.
“When it comes to playing the game, I’m rubbish. The middle-class actors are better prepped at working the system, because they’ve got more in common with the decision makers” he added.
The actor also spoke about how the show’s bosses have asked the star to tone down his comments on Twitter since he’s now working for the BBC.
“I sat down with the producers of EastEnders and the Twitter thing was one of their main worries. But they have to understand that they’ve brought me into the show for my brand and there’s a side effect of that” he said.
“They’re taking a risk with me and that’s what’s going to make it exciting. It’s tough landing as high profile [a job] as EastEnders because I have to be me but dumbed down, and I don’t do that very well.”
