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Owen Cooper has been going from strength-to-strength since rising to fame in Adolescence and has now secured a huge role in a music video.
The teenager, 15, rose to global fame as the lead in Netflix‘s smash hit series Adolescence, despite having no background at all in acting.
Now, he has achieved another major milestone as he appeared in the teaser music video for Sam Fenders’s new song Little Bit Closer.
The video is yet to be released but Geordie singer Sam shared a short snippet of the video to his Instagram page on Saturday.
He shared a black and white image of Owen looking out upon a rural landscape with a blanket wrapped around his shoulders.
Sam captioned the post: ‘I get a little bit closer,’ in reference to the name of his single.
Owen Cooper has been going from strength-to-strength since rising to fame in Adolescence and has now secured a huge role in Sam Fender’s music video
The video is yet to be released but Geordie singer Sam shared a short snippet of the video to his Instagram page on Saturday
Owen no doubt managed to nab the esteemed role because Phil Barantini, who directed Adolescence, also worked on the music video.
Though Sam didn’t tag Owen in the teaser footage, it visibly appeared to be him and fans went wild in the comments upon noticing the unlikely crossover.
Taking to the Instagram comments, one person wrote: ‘Is that Owen Cooper or am I mental’.
Another said: ‘@owencooper – is this you?’
A third added: ‘Is that Owen Cooper?’
Owen has been going from strength-to-strength in his career ever since securing his debut role as Jamie Miller in Stephen Graham’s Adolescence.
He has since landed himself a role as young Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights adaptation, and is also set to feature in White Lotus star Amy Lou Wood’s upcoming series Film Club.
The breakout star was just 13 when he landed the role of Jamie, a schoolboy accused of brutally murdering a female classmate.
Though Sam didn’t tag Owen in the teaser footage, it was visibly him and fans went wild in the comments upon noticing the unlikely crossover
Owen has been going from strength-to-strength in his career ever since securing his debut role as Jamie Miller in Stephen Graham’s Adolescence
In an interview with The New York Times, Owen admitted his return to normality at school was ‘a bit mad’ after his newfound fame.
Chatting to the publication alongside co-star Stephen Graham, who plays his dad Eddie in the show, the young actor revealed he had lots of attention from younger children as he returned to class on Monday.
He then said his return to school was better with only ‘a bit of bother,’ which caused Stephen to chime in with: ‘What kind of bother?’
Owen then reassured that it wasn’t anything serious – just children coming up to him, shouting his name and then running away.
His on-screen father Stephen smiled as he responded: ‘Ah, just some silly b*******.’
Adolescence hit Netflix’s Top 10 Global chart, gaining a jaw-dropping 96.7million views in its first three weeks.
The four-part series also landed a spot on Netflix’s all-time Most Popular English TV list.
