like Paul Newman and Steve McQueen were badasses both on screen and on the track, do you feel like you need results to prove that? KF: Yeah, ultimately it’s the results, the big races that matter. I’ve never been involved in any of the big races on the scale of those guys of course. The Silverstone 500 is my biggest so far and gave me a glimpse of what it could be like. You’ve had a taste of the big races like Le Mans, so you probably know more than me, but it’s all about results. It’s not until I win the Silverstone 500, win a championship, win a European race. That’s probably the aim and where I want to be. It would be great to emulate and do what those guys have done. I think I’m capable, it’s just the process and I’ve just got to keep following the process that I’ve applied for the last four years. That’s the stage I want to get to, I want to be involved in those big races. MP: Acting is still very much your day job, but if you had to choose between winning Le Mans or winning an Oscar what would you do? KF: My day job is still as an actor, that’s still my biggest passion. If someone was to say, “Would you rather win the 24 hours of Le Mans or get cast in a big film, win an Oscar or an Olivier Award” or something like that, I would always pick acting. Because that’s where my heart is, something I’ve KELVIN FLETCHER IN RACE MODE SELFIES IN THE PADDOCK done from a kid. Probably like racing is with you, that’s what acting is to me. Then again, racing is the only thing in my life that I have ever experienced that comes a very, very close second. The feeling of doing a really good scene and nailing a performance, of doing it justice, you feel proud, you feel fulfilled. All those feelings when you’re actively chasing a dream and you’re fulfilling that dream. The only thing that has ever come close is racing, to win a race. MP: So what’s next for you what do you have in the pipeline? Rumour has it that you’re about to swap your carbon-fibre racing helmet for a tin helmet in an upcoming role? KF: My next role as an actor does always change; at the beginning of the year I was playing a young professional, who was dating a guy, living in metropolitan Edinburgh, in suave suits, very well groomed, in a new TV drama (Editors note: The Shore is a yet-to-be-released TV drama described as a cross between Glasgow-based soap River City and political drama House of Cards) and then the next thing I’m dressing up as the Tin Man in a musical in London! That’s the beauty of acting, I guess, that’s the reason why I left Emmerdale because I wanted the chance to explore and fulfil these different characters and different platforms. So yeah! I will very much be swapping my carbon helmet for a tin hat in a Seladoor production of The Royal Shakespeare company’s highly-acclaimed adaptation of The Wizard of Oz! Hopefully it’s a sell-out! The show runs from December 7 to 30 at the famous Blackpool Winter Gardens. Come check it out! 10
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