Ashley Walters (Top Boy): "Me & Kano Didn't Have The Greatest Time!". The Unheard TRUTH About Top Boy, Career Rejection & Personal Grief!

In this new episode Steven sits down with rapper and actor, Ashley Walters. From Asher D to Top Boy, prison to fame, Ashley Walters refuses to be told what he can or can’t do. Ashley first gained popular attention in 2001 as Asher D, a member of British Rap Group, ‘So Solid Crew’. Acting in TV shows since he was 10 years old, in 2004 Ashley broke into film with, ‘Bullet Boy’, for which he was named Best Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards. This led to roles in major Hollywood blockbusters such as ‘Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. In 2011, Ashley starred as Dushane in the massively popular TV show, ‘Top Boy’. In this conversation Ashley and Steven discuss topics, such as:

Attending therapy

His relationship with his father

His anger with the world as a teenager

His father’s time in prison

Looking for father figures and role models

Joining So Solid Crew for belonging

Being a people pleaser and not feeling good enough

His last encounter with his father

The lessons he learned from his dying father

Not grieving for his father

Being a perfectionist

Obsessing over the fact that he was going to die young

His experience of prison

Being constantly motivated

Having a strict upbringing

They key to his talent

Wanting to escape being himself

Being naturally shy

Using acting as a way to escape trauma

The tough life of acting

Turning adversity into motivation

Moving into being a director

Always needing the next challenge in his life

His depression during the Coronavirus pandemic

The importance of forgiveness

His relationship with his wife

Struggling with opening up with his emotions

Fatherhood

Not having the greatest relationship with some of his children

Top Boy

How the script for Top Boy got Ashley hooked

Why Channel 4 didn’t make a third season of Top Boy

Why Top Boy became the success it did

How he will push himself for an acting role

Filming the last season of Top Boy

His future

Top Boy opening the door for black British culture worldwide

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