Gavin and Stacey 's Neil the Baby says he is 'very thankful' to James Corden and Ruth Jones
Oscar Hartland is "very thankful" for the platform 'Gavin and Stacey' has given him as he tries to carve out a musical career.
Oscar Hartland is "very thankful" for the platform 'Gavin and Stacey' has given him.
The 17-year-old actor played Neil - the son of James Corden's Smithy and Ruth Jones' Nessa - on the hit BBC sitcom since he was a baby but has also started to carve out a career in music and is "open-minded" to whatever the entertainment world has to offer.
Speaking on ITV's 'Lorraine', he told stand-in host Ranvir Singh: "It's a bit of both, I'm open-minded to movies and TV. [Ruth and James] have given me a huge platform, I couldn't be any more thankful. They've given me the space to show people what I can do, which I am very, very thankful for."
Oscar returned to his role as Neil in the finale of the series - which aired on Christmas Day 2024 - where his character gave a surprise rendition of The Beatles track 'Blackbird'.
Oscar explained: "That was the first thing they asked me to do before even looking at the script, they said 'Can you learn this song?'
"I looked at a few YouTube videos, and I thought that it would be possibly and I could hopefully make it happen.
"A week or two later, I sent a video over to the director and they said that it was brilliant."
The teenage star - who competed on 'The Voice Kids' in 2023 - also spoke of how James and Ruth bought him a guitar just in time for filming.
He said: "They got me a guitar! Which was just the coolest thing in the world. I had an acoustic guitar, but I ended up giving it away. It was at the office, the first time reading the script, first time meeting them again. And they said 'You're gonna need a new guitar, aren't you?' and it was like 'Yeah...' and they said 'Go on then, go over to PMT in Cardiff, and get yourself a new one."
