Emma Thomson's romantic costar, 29, 'grew to love' her and left 'part of his soul' on set

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Daryl McCormack, 29, was announced as one of the five nominees for the 2023 EE Rising Star BAFTA Award, and opened up about his work in the film Good Luck to You, Leo Grande in front of Express.co.uk and other reporters today.The young actor gushed about his romantic co-lead Emma Thompson, 63, and described how he had “left a piece of his soul behind” on set after filming with her.The quirky film, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival this time last year, sees widowed school teacher Nancy Stokes (Emma) hire male prostitute Leo Grande (Daryl) in the hopes of having an orgasm for the very first time.Speaking about the relationship he formed with Emma, Daryl explained how honoured he felt to have the “opportunity to work so close with her” so early on in his career.The Peaky Blinders actor said: “The whole experience just felt really, really personal and it felt really small.“We spent three weeks in Norwich making this film and it felt like we left part of our souls behind. “We just really grew to love each other and so, for it to be really contained in one room, and then to have such a lovely response from people - it just feels really great.” Asked about whether he and Emma spent time working out the dynamics of their relationship before shooting the movie, the star spoke about how they approached filming together. “It was quick,” he confirmed, before describing how he had met his co-star for a walk around Hampstead Heath. “We just needed to feel like we could be safe with one another,” he said. “The rehearsal process took six days and then we went into three, six-day weeks to film - so it all happened so quickly. “But yeah, it was intense so we just took it day by day,” he added.