It's a Sin star Omari Douglas has reflected on the show's legacy, revealing the drama series launched his career into "another space."
Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy about the impact of the Channel 4 series, Douglas said: "I'd been doing a lot of work before that in theatre, and so I'm just kind of working in a different space at the moment, and it's very — it's been prosperous, but it's also overwhelming."
He continued: "It's taken me a long time to process what that experience was. And to just [understand] how to move on from that, and how to also maintain the legacy of what we created.
"Because there was a responsibility that came with it, so it's not just transactional. It wasn't just sort of like doing the show and then moving on."
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He added: "I think we were choosing to engage with a legacy that's really important to people. And so, yeah, that comes with its own territory. And so, yeah, it's been a big couple of years."
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The actor played Roscoe Babatunde on the critically acclaimed series, which covered the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s. It's a Sin also starred Olly Alexander, Keeley Hawes, and Neil Patrick Harris.
After appearing on It's a Sin, Douglas had been a fan-favourite to take over the role of the Doctor before it was announced that Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa got the job. Douglas also landed the role of Lonnie Trimble in the upcoming biographical film Midas Man, which chronicles music entrepreneur Brian Epstein's life.
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Asked whether he'd consider a role on Doctor Who in the future, Douglas said he'd definitely be up for another chance to work with showrunner Russell T Davies.
"Yeah, I mean, yeah, of course!" he said. "Russell is great at getting people he's worked with to come and collaborate with him on something else... So who knows... I'd love to play an alien or something."
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