This Country star Paul Chahidi warns of loneliness crisis in acting industry: ‘You’re left in limbo’
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter This Country star Paul Chahidi has shone a light on the under-discussed mental health struggles faced by actors across the industry, with many feeling to ashamed to speak out. The actor, who is best known for playing Reverend Francis Seaton in the BBC sitcom as well as roles in The Night Manager, The Death of Stalin and Good Omens, warned that many within the arts are left in a “vulnerable state” by job uncertainty – and that even he fears that he may “never work again as an actor”. In March, the Actors’ Trust published a study which found that 77 per cent of actors reported feeling lonely in the last year while 27 per cent have had thoughts that they would be better off dead, or thoughts of self-harm – almost four times the national average. Over three-quarters of actors …
