However, they aren't the only two actors taking on those roles - they are also portrayed at a younger age by Stuart Campbell and Mitchell Robertson, with these two leading the series for a substantial portion.
"I’d never really played a character like it," Campbell said of Ruben. "So I was begging my agent to let me audition for Niall, but Kahleen [Crawford, casting director] said, 'No, you’re not allowed.'"
"Certainly, speaking for Ruben, things that [Niall has] - stability and maternal care and affection - are things that he's not really experienced. So on some level, although he probably can't communicate it, he’s envious of that."
"And it's a strange place to come back to - a new house, living with [Niall], living with [Niall's] mum, what that means, and it's a very complicated, strange set of circumstances for a 17 year old and a 15 year old to have to leap into."
"We actually workshopped quite a lot with the director, Alex [Brodski]," he said. "We had prep time right before shooting, like a week or two. We were in this building doing prep and costume fits and makeup tests and camera tests, and so we did workshop a lot with the director, which was amazing.
He continued: "I think for me and Jamie, because we [Robertson and Campbell] shot first, and then they [Bell and Gadd] shot after, and I wasn't really quite sure how I was going to do it yet, it was a lot of me doing it, and then him having access to some of the footage. And then all the credit is with Jamie there, because then he went away and did all his work to follow that."
Half Man will arrive on BBC iPlayer at 6am on Tuesday 21 April 2026.
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