One of the young stars of the hit film Billy Elliot has turned his back on Hollywood fame to enlist in the British army. Nineteen-year-old Stuart Wells played the gay best friend of Billy Elliot. He recently filmed in Spain with Willem Dafoe and stars in a hit British television series -- but was persuaded by his younger brother to join him in the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. "While I really enjoy acting itself, there's an awful lot of hard graft and boring meetings which no one sees and which I don't enjoy at all," Wells said. Major Brian Young, a senior recruiting officer for the British armed forces in the northeastern city of Newcastle said: "Stuart will now be able to build himself the kind of active, enjoyable and rewarding career he has always wanted."
His Own Private Ryan
One of the young stars of the hit film Billy Elliot has turned his back on Hollywood fame to enlist in the British army. Nineteen-year-old Stuart Wells played the gay best friend of Billy Elliot. He recently filmed in Spain with Willem Dafoe and stars in a hit British television series -- but was persuaded by his younger brother to join him in the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. "While I really enjoy acting itself, there's an awful lot of hard graft and boring meetings which no one sees and which I don't enjoy at all," Wells said. Major Brian Young, a senior recruiting officer for the British armed forces in the northeastern city of Newcastle said: "Stuart will now be able to build himself the kind of active, enjoyable and rewarding career he has always wanted."
