New Poldark star: My role has saved me from a lifetime of serving cappuccinos
THE sultry new star of Poldark learned she had landed a role in the hit BBC bodice-ripper while she was on her way to try for another job – in a coffee shop.
‘I got the Poldark call as I was walking to the cafe in North London where I used to be a barista to ask for my old job back,’ reveals Ellise Chappell in an exclusive interview in today’s You magazine. ‘I turned around and skipped home.’
Ms Chappell, 24, who landed the role of Morwenna in the third series after just two previous TV parts in The Last Dragonslayer and New Blood, admits that, like many others, she is not immune to the charms of Aidan Turner, who plays Ross Poldark.
‘I can recognise that he’s a very, very good-looking man,’ she says.
But she diplomatically insists that she would not choose him over her own on-screen love interest, Demelza’s brother Drake, who is played by Harry Richardson. ‘I don’t know if I could pick… they’re all gorgeous,’ she declares. Poldark will return on BBC1 next month.