The Derry Girls star and his mother, Jackie, on an unfortunate vomiting incident, struggling at school and ‘bare bottom’ scenes
Born in Reigate in 1992, the actor Dylan Llewellyn graduated from Rada in 2011. He began his career with roles in Hollyoaks and Call the Midwife, but is best known for playing James Maguire in the Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls and Jack in its sitcom Big Boys. He competes in the latest series of Celebrity Race Across the World with his mother, Jackie, on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
This picture shows the love between a mother and a son. Or, more specifically: that I am a mummy’s boy. That’s a Crystal Palace FC shirt. Does Mum support them? I’m not sure she has any choice.
My earliest memory of Mum is being sick on her. We were on a holiday in Sardinia and while we were watching a show at the hotel, I started to feel unwell, so I turned around and puked. Not sure why I aimed it at her. I guess I just wanted to make sure she would console me – as if it would bring us closer. She was mainly disgusted, which is fair enough.
Mum was very patient with me. I felt a lot of love, and my two big brothers did as well. Although there were times when we might have taken advantage of her kindness – like when we slid downstairs on a bodyboard, or tried to trick passersby by putting a £10 note on a fishing rod out of the window.
