Gavin and Stacey actress Joanna Page revealed she was once told she wasn’t “pretty enough” for an acting job.
The star was a guest panellist on Wednesday’s (August 8) episode of Loose Women and told her co-stars about her horrible experience.
Joanna explained: “I had an audition and I’d been back about nine times and it was going really good. And then they said to my agent, ‘Could you please tell her that we just don’t think she’s pretty enough before the next callback? And to go to the department store and get them to do her makeup and everything and then come to the audition.’
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“I went back and that still wasn’t good enough and then they said ‘We’re worried about her accent, can she then go and have coaching?’
“And then I had the coaching and then I got the part.”
The screen star didn’t reveal which role this was for but we’re guessing it wasn’t her most famous role which was as Stacey in Gavin and Stacey, where her accent was a key part of her character.
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Joanne added: “The worse thing is not finding out that you haven’t got the job until actually you’re seeing it on the TV and then you go ‘Oh gosh, this is why I didn’t get the part’.
Ruth Langsford then interjected to say: “I think I think for me, I deal I probably deal better with disappointment as I’ve got older because it’s a maturity thing, isn’t it?
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“So when you’re young and you’ve built up all your expectations, whether it is a boyfriend you want or a dress that you’re hoping to fit into and then it doesn’t happen – you’re crushed.
“But I think as life teaches, you know, there are disappointments in life. And I get better at dealing with it.”
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