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'He considered adopting me': EastEnders star Sid Owen details close bond with Al Pacino
EastEnders star details how he developed a bond with the Scarface actor while filming his debut film role aged 13.He claims Al even “considered adopting him” because he had no parents.Sid's father David was an alcoholic who left the family home when the star was just six years old, while his mother Joan died from cervical cancer in 1979 when she was 35 and Sid eight.The actor was raised by his aunt Carol and her husband Michael.Sid revealed the first audition involved him reacting to the line “I have to tell you your mum’s died” - which brought back the raw emotion of his mother's death, and cemented his role in the film as Ned Dobb, the son of Al's character.In an extract of his book Rags To Ricky published in The Sun, he writes: “When I
