Mutual Friends
Rhashan Stone plays Dev
Writer Anil Gupta describes Dev as "basically a simple soul".
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"He has a puppyish enthusiasm and lack of sophistication which is charming but also means he is chronically prone to faux pas and is at the mercy of his emotions.
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"Rhashan has a wonderful face for Dev – he is able to convey that moment between saying something you shouldn't and realising what you've said superbly."
Rhashan explains: "Dev is a housing officer and is seemingly happily married to Anita, with a gorgeous five-year-old daughter.
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"He is basically hapless and totally useless. Send him out for a pint of milk and a loaf of bread and he'll find a homeless puppy and come back with a pot plant!
"Lovely, delicious Leigh is widowed and has nowhere to live and not many friends to call on.
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"They get on really well and a flirtation occurs, but he doesn't understand what is going on.
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"He gets a fizzy feeling in his stomach and he doesn't quite know what it means until he has one beer too many and leaps on her.
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"But he and his wife are not particularly tactile, and Leigh makes him feel good – I'm sure he'd run a mile if she reciprocated!"
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