Teen’s career kicks off

A DUBLIN teenager is set for stardom after mistakenly applying for the lead part in a new TV crime drama series.

Mixed martial arts fan Dane Whyte O’Hara, of Rush, Co. Dublin, saw an online advert for a young MMA fighter for Virgin Media’s new six-part thriller, Darkness.

‘I thought it would be something in the background. I didn’t read where it said it was for the lead role,’ said Dane, 16, left. ‘So I went for it and they were interested. They put me through some training and a couple of weeks later they told me I had got it.

‘I was gobsmacked. It’s the first acting I’ve ever done and I did not expect it, especially when they were talking about the amount of people who auditioned for it. The one who doesn’t act ends up getting the part so it is a confidence booster.’

Dane, who has been doing MMA since he was six, plays a teen caught up in the world of crime.