Growing up in one of the less salubrious parts of South London in the early Eighties, a young man called Paul Anderson used to dream of becoming a rock star. ‘I always wanted to be a frontman in a band,’ he recalled. ‘Not a footballer. Not an actor. Certainly not a policeman or a fireman.’But an actor he became, and one who, ten years ago – by then in his mid-30s – sprang to fame courtesy of his commanding turn as gangster Arthur Shelby in the drama .The series, about a fictional crime family between the wars, became cult viewing, not just in Britain but all over the world – and Anderson’s performance as the tormented, drug-taking hellraiser Arthur was seen as key to its success.
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