Stars of the school drama discuss its comeback after it was a surprise streaming hit in the pandemic.
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"I never saw it coming," he says of Waterloo Road's comeback. "I was literally in my restaurant doing dishes at the time that I got the phone call. It's mad how things work out."He is joined by Katie Griffiths, aka Donte's sweetheart Chlo Grainger. "There's clearly been an outpouring of love for the show, which I was oblivious to during lockdown," she says.
The show helped launch the careers of Bridgerton's Phoebe Dynevor, Doctor Who and Victoria star Jenna Coleman, The Walking Dead's Tom Payne and Lucien Laviscount from Emily In Paris. "It's very different, being a head, to being a teacher or the head of the year or the pastoral care teacher," Griffin says. "They are under incredible pressure right now."There have been big changes in education, children's lives and wider society in the eight short years since the show was last on.
The actress admits she did need some convincing to return. "I didn't go into that meeting going, 'I'm going to go back to Waterloo Road no matter what'. I was very much intrigued to know why they're going to bring this back." Another big reason for bringing Waterloo Road back is so the BBC makes more shows outside south-east England.
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