'You'll never play Romeo!' How character actors have the last laugh
They have always lost out on romantic lead roles. But while glamour fades, talent endures " letting these supporting stars win the long gameWhen the actor Paul Chahidi was leaving drama school, he met a seasoned agent. Suit and tie, leather chairs, schooner of white wine at 3pm. Old school. "He sat down, a bit too close to me," Chahidi remembers, "and said: 'Three things you should know about yourself " one, you've g…