Sophie Kerrou plays Charlotte Smith in radio drama Southall.

Never in my career did I think that I would be sipping on a cappuccino, sit-ting opposite the truly talented Sophie

Kerrou. Yet here I am and I’m ready to find out all the exclusives from her latest conquest.

Sophie has been loved and admired by the public since she first came onto our screens in the 2012 blockbuster, The Hunger Games, for her effortless and skilful acting. Since then, the 22 year old, has gone further in her career than she could ever imagine. Sophie is now taking a break from all the hustle and bustle from the big screen and has given a dab hand at voicing new radio drama Southall. ‘I was actually really scared to start recording the show’ So-phie admits. She adds ‘I think it was just because I’d never done any sort of radio before, yeah I’ve done a few radio interviews but the pressure was defi-nitely on!’

When it was first announced at the end of last year that Sophie would be featuring as a main character upcoming radio drama South-all, many eyebrows were raised as to why and rumours started flying around everywhere. ‘It was all a bit chaotic looking back on it, I mean I came into this industry expecting to hear ru-mours about myself, but honestly I just wanted to try something new! There was nothing shady or weird about me having a break from doing films and television.’

Sophie, most known for her role in British comedy Hebburn, still hasn’t come to terms that she is in fact, a celebrity.

‘It’s not something I really think about, it dawns on you at the oddest of times like when I’m just having lunch with my mum and people keep coming over. It is lovely but sometimes you need some privacy!’ I wanna get the any bit of info I can about the episode of Southall that we’ve all been waiting for, but Sophie is too good at keeping quiet. ‘I’m not giving anything anyway, but the epi-sode that is airing this week [insert date] will blow your mind. There are plenty of jaw-drop-ping moments so it won’t disappoint!’

When asked about her relationship with the other cast members Sophie’s face lights up. ‘Everybody on the team was brilliant to work with. I especially loved

working with Dev[Patel] because Slumdog Millionaire was such a remarkable film and he’s a very talented actor. I definitely have some new friendships from being on Southall and it has given me a com-pletely different insight to acting as a whole’.

Sophie adds, ‘I do hope that Southall will carry on being made, if given the opportunity I will definitely go back to playing Charlotte.’ When asked if a TV series of Southall could be in the making, Sophie smirks. ‘You’ll have to wait and see who knows! It’d be a definite must-see wouldn’t it.’

Southall airs every Wednesday at 5.30pm on BBC Radio 4.

“There are plenty of jaw dropping

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Sophie Kerrou plays Charlotte Smith in Southall.

London vs BollywoodSophie Kerrou tells our lovely Lois Bain about her time on new contriversial radio drama Southall and what it’s like to be a fresh celebrity on the block.

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