Hanna Flint Guest ContributorAriyon Bakare has known hardship in his life. From homelessness during his teens in East London to losing family members in quick succession while juggling a 2015 West End stint, now he can add COVID-19 to that list.The British-Nigerian actor, who returns to screen this month in season two of “His Dark Materials,” was struck down by the virus during the earliest stages of lockdown in the U.K.
The uncertainty about the illness at the time, Bakare tells Variety, coupled with being home alone, made it a “terrifying” experience.“I didn’t know I had it because they wouldn’t even let me go to the hospital to be tested, but I got every single symptom you could think of and got very ill,” he says. “It was hard.
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