FIVE MINUTES WITH... FADY ELSAYED

The rising star whose Class character suffers a terrible trauma

BETTERING RAM

“My character’s cool. Ram’s a loving, caring young man who’s very driven, very passionate, and always wants to be the best at everything. I’m really just trying to find myself and become me again – trying to be the best again.”

SUIT YOU, SIR

“When I went for the recall, my agent sent me the wrong [script] sides. I’d prepared two scenes – I even went in with a suit, because we were preparing a prom. Patrick [Ness] was like, ‘Why are you wearing a suit?’ ‘I thought it would be good for the scene.’ ‘You’re not even doing that scene!’ It turns out I had five, six scenes to learn!”

BROTHERS IN ARMS

“The fans are so sweet. You can tell how religious and passionate they are about Doctor Who. It’s such an honour to be a part of something like that. I worked with Noel Clarke on Brotherhood, and he congratulated me straight away and told me what I was getting involved in.”

ZOOM WITH A VIEW

“I take pictures of everything, and you have to be really careful. I once posted a picture that had nothing to do with characters, but someone managed to zoom in and found one of the actors who was in it. The picture was so pixellated I don’t even know how they managed to figure out who it was!”

ALL BACK TO MINE

“I’ve never gelled with a team as much as I have on this. I’ve never had actors come round to my house, or even wanted to hang out with other actors – it’s always been very professional. We’re always having fun and motivating each other. It’s been a great experience.”

Class is available online on BBC Three now.