Di Angelo 'impressed by Hustle co-stars'

Hustle star Matt Di Angelo has admitted that he is still impressed by his co-stars on the BBC drama.

The actor told TV Choice that working on the series has been "like a crash course in acting".

"I've been quite lucky in what I've done," he said. "I haven't done masses of work but I always get paired with a really impressive actor."

He added: "Robert Vaughn (Albert Stroller) is stupidly famous. He tells anecdotes [about] Steve McQueen and Paul Newman. Robert will quite happily sit there and talk, and Kelly Adams (Emma Kennedy) and I just bug him with questions, to the point where he just gave us two autobiographies!"

Di Angelo also revealed that he has become "paranoid" about being scammed since joining the cast as conman Sean Kennedy.

"I know if someone's trying to pull a fast one, but I've had watches taken off my wrist without realising it before," he confessed. "I'm quite paranoid and I keep my eyes open, so I haven't been done too badly. But it does make you think... about [the] things you can get away with."

Hustle returns to BBC One on January 7.