Joe Gilgun has revealed that when he joined the cast of Misfits following the departure of star Robert Sheehan, he felt “an awful lot of pressure” to do well in his new role as Rudy.

Joe, who’s previously starred in This Is England, Coronation Street and Emmerdale – where he played Eli Dingle – joined the cast earlier this year, told Channel 4, “Robert did such a good job as immortal Irish gobs***e Nathan, it put an awful lot of pressure on me.

“I just wanted to do well.”

However, despite joining an already established cast, Joe says that he was welcomed from the get go.

He said, “I’m settling in well, it’s nice. The rest of the cast are really sweet.”

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As filming begins on Series 3 of E4′s Bafta-nominated smash hit drama series Misfits, Joe Gilgun (star of This Is England ’86) enrols for community service as new guy Rudy. He lines up alongside Misfits resident delinquents Bafta nominee Lauren Socha, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Antonia Thomas and Iwan Rheon in the super-sized series which sees its run extended to eight episodes.

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