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Hi everyone!

First actor's blog... No pressure...

I'm gonna start by thanking everyone who's watching and writing in for your support. If it wasn't for you guys, Series Two wouldn't have happened and Elliott Baden wouldn't exist!

All of the cast check the blogs when we can and all chat about what you guys have to say, so don't stop writing in :D

I can't believe they put the video up of my legs getting shaved! The shaving part wasn't too bad but my legs were so itchy afterwards! I don't know how you girls do it.

When I got the script and read the Speedo scene I honestly thought they were joking. It wasn't until I saw what looked like bikini bottoms and the electric shavers that reality hit me. All of that for 5 seconds of Elliott's embarrassment...

Anyway, enough about my chicken legs.

Vicki e-mailed me a few questions from you guys so I'll do my best to answer as many as I can.

Christi - "I always wonder if the kissing is majorly awkward, so that's my question - is having to do the romantic scenes and kissing awkward?"

Luckily Lara is really easy to act with, and gives me a lot to react off as Elliott. We have a laugh and get on well, so it's easy to snap in and out of our characters' romance without any awkwardness. It is weird to get used to a crew of people watching though... And once, the director didn't call cut on a kiss for about a minute!

MusicGirl320 - "What was your childhood dream job?"

Since I can remember, I've wanted to be a footballer or an actor but, as they are quite obvious ambitions, I asked my mum what I wanted to be when I was really young. She just told me that I used to try and fix everything. Apparently, I would walk around the house with my tools and if I couldn't find anything to fix I would take something apart and put it back together... Maybe I wanted to be a handy man, or maybe I just had no friends...

Katie - "Who is most like their character?"

Everyone has elements of their character in their own personality as we're all similar ages to our characters and can relate. I probably have the most in common with my character because I was quite serious about sport when I was at school -Ìýfootball rather than swimming, though.

Gary - "Do you know John from Leeds?"

No.

A few of you wanted to know who my best friend was out of the cast and it's a hard one. We all get along really well and I have a laugh with everyone. You tend to spend the most time with the people you're in the most scenes with so I've got to know Lara and Deborah quite well. We all just laugh at each other, mostly AT me.

I hope that answered most of your questions. I'm off to watch the England game.

Keep watching, and good luck with your exams!

Take it easy

Alex

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