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 Dean
Lennox Kelly plays Dex
There could be a case for saying
that of all the six mates in Sorted, Dex is the nicest. Dean Lennox
Kelly wouldn't disagree.
"Dex is the man you can
trust – he's solid and reliable," says Dean, adding in typical
deadpan fashion, "...like a van."
He continues: "Of all the
boys he'll be the one who'll always make a point of saying, 'If you need
anything give me a ring.' He's quite consistent, he's just a nice guy
and he wants everything to be just so."
That leads him to go a little
bit too far in trying to incorporate Jack into the group – but it's
sincerely meant.
"This show is so about the
gang, about the friendship, and whatever happens in each episode it
always boils down to that – we're all there for each other," he
comments. "With Jack, Dex just doesn't want him to be an outsider,
he wants to bring him in because he doesn't want any splits in the gang.
He thinks he's doing a good thing..."
Where Dex falls down is probably
in his inability to understand that Jack actually wants to remain an
outsider. For Dex, close relationships are important – especially his
own with his girlfriend.
"He's in love with Amy,
who's older than him," explains Dean. "He's 30, she's 40 with
a marriage behind her and two kids. Dex treats the kids like his own and
they love him too, so I think that speaks a lot about the kind of man he
is. It says something about him that he's 10 years younger and he takes
on two fairly grown-up children – that's quite a big deal, I think
about that sometimes, I don't know if I could do that.
"But then, I think he's
more gentle than me," continues Dean. "There is a real
consistency about him in that his temperament is on the level – I'm a
bit more up and down. My girlfriend calls me stormy ... that about sums
me up."
It's hard to imagine this
placid, friendly 31-year-old throwing a strop of any kind; he actually
seems quite similar to the character he plays in Channel 4's Shameless,
honest, lovable, laid-back Kev.
He was also recently seen as
Puck in the BBC's reworking of A Midsummer Night's Dream and has
appeared in Tipping The Velvet and The Worst Week Of My Life on TV, and
in films including Mike Bassett, England Manager and Deathwatch, but
it's as Kev that he really broke through.
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