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John McCrea
John McCrea (born October 10, 1992). is a great British stage and television actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for originating the role as Jamie New in the musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, he is now being included in a flash back scene of loco channel, a drag queen in Everybody's talking about Jamie, when he was asked in an interview if he would play Jamie he claims he thinks he 'would be to old' to play a 16 year old but would love to be included in the film as one of the 'drag queens in the background, a nice little cameo'. McCrea would 'love to take the show back to Sheffield, for a short run' he claims ' I think if it ever did a UK tour and happened to start in Sheffield I'd like to do that one venue and then someone else do the rest'. John McCrea is an actor, known for Giri/Haji (2019), God's Own Country (2017) and Dracula (2020).

Early life
McCrea grew up in Aldershot. He started attending a weekend theatre class with his sister at the age of 6 or 7. He went on to attend the Sylvia Young Theatre School from the age of 12 to 16, before going on to train at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts John McCrea originaly wanted to go to another school that his friends were going to and looking back can see that he was glad that he didn't go there.

Career
McCrea got his first role in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium at the age of 9. During his time at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, he collected a string of theatre credits. He played the oldest Von Trapp child Friedrich in The Sound of Music in 2006 and performed in a national tour of The King and I. McCrea was working as an usher at the Donmar Warehouse when a woman he had known at Sylvia Young’s sent him a message about coming in to read for director Jonathan Butterell (he had no agent at the time). This led to his audition for (and eventual casting in) the role of Jamie New in the workshop for Everybody's Talking About Jamie.

Personal life
McCrea is openly gay. He has an older sister and nieces and nephews. He is from an army town, where most of his family’s jobs supported the military, and is the first in his family to perform on stage .he has four tattoos one on his lower left arm, a Hans christian Anderson quote, one on his upper right arm, a Shakespeare quote which someone mistakenly read for 'unloved shoe untrained horse' so that's what he refers to it as, one on his chest, a birthday of a loved one, and he also has one on his inner upper right arm, an arrow from a documentary Paris is burning about ball (drag queens) culture in 80s New York. McCrea doesn't have social media and says that 'its not for me' he doesn't 'like it' and thinks 'its such an interesting fine line between something that can make young people feel really really good about themselves and also really really terrible about themselves at the same time. I think it is a tool some people use in a negative way and a tool that some people manage to use in a really really positive way.' he also claims 'instant gratification I think is a dangerous thing' McCrea believes that social media is a 'double-edged sword'. McCrea has often been described as an old soul.

Theatre
John is a great actor and is very passionate about what he does. when asked if he liked stage door he said 'yeah I do like it it doesn't bother me' he says he 'has never felt disrespected' or 'attacked'. he often finds that 'people are very nice and polite so it doesn't bother me' however McCrea doesn't think its 'part of my job' and doesn't 'feel pressured to do it' and he hasn't had negative interactions with the public however he isn't 'a huge fan of the photos' as ' your sweaty you've just had a shower, you come out to take a photo, not only do you take the photo with the person but before you know it you've got a ding on your phone and you can see the photo on your phone that your in' and he doesn't 'love that bit' however as McCrea isn't on social media it doesn't bother him as much as he doesn't have to look at it.

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