Prime Suspect audition hit Freddie for six

FORMER England cricketing ace Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff revealed he was once asked to audition for a role in classic drama Prime Suspect.

Freddie, 40, is currently in Kay Mellor and Nick Lloyd Webber’s Fat Friends the Musical – which is based on the hit ITV series.

But his acting career could have started a lot earlier.

He revealed Prime Suspect author Lynda La Plante, 74, wanted him to audition for last year’s prequel series.

Ex-England captain Freddie (above) said: “I said, ‘I’ll have a try’.

“I had no experience, no nothing. I got to the last two or three

“I didn’t get it because I think the network thought it was too much of a risk, which I was fine with.”

After losing out on the Prime Suspect gig, Freddie was then invited to meet Kay, 66, and he then bagged his role on the stage show Fat Friends the Musical.

And his first acting role has given him food for thought. He said: “I can’t imagine I’m going to be in the next Phantom, but I would like to do drama on TV.

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