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When she was 23, Sonia Friedman was—to use her expression—thrown into a rehearsal room with Harold Pinter at London’s National Theatre. She was his deputy stage manager during production for the premiere of his one-act play Mountain Language starring theatrical royalty Michael Gambon and Eileen Atkins.

EastEnders, Grange Hill or Only Fools and Horses, even some of the most recognisable stars have struggled to secure regular acting incomes.Daily Star has taken a look at what some former actors do now, whether it be working as a chef, selling double glazing, a firefighter and a locksmith!Best-known for playing Bradley in the hit BBC soap, the actor worked as a temporary chef during the coronavirus pandemic after his theatre work came to an abrupt end.Charlie, 33, played Bradley in the long-running Albert Square-based soap between 2006-2010 before, famously, falling to his death from the roof of the Queen Vic pub on the show’s 25th anniversary.However, with lockdown having now eased, Charlie is back rehearsing for a part in the London West