The 15-year-old who played Nessa and Smithy's baby in Gavin & Stacey is "disappointed" he's not been called up for the Christmas special. Oscar Hartland took up the role as an infant when James Corden and Ruth Jones' characters had a baby in the hit BBC sitcom, and then again as a 10-year-old in the 2019 Christmas special. But now the teenager, who is studying for his GCSEs, feels he's been left out in the cold after the cast planned a reunion for another long-awaited Christmas special.
Concerned that a new actor has been drafted in to play Neil The Baby, Oscar wants his "last chance" to reprise his character, with the episode set to be the last one ever . Oscar, from Caerphilly, South Wales, told The Sun: "I'm disappointed. I was hoping to get the call.
Neil must feature in the final episode because he’s Smithy and Nessa’s son, they can’t write him out." A budding musician and singer, Oscar has just released his first single, aspiring to be like singer-songwriter Sam Fender. He said Ruth Jones was like his "on-screen mum" but she also looked after him off-screen too, when filming in 2019.
Oscar said that he got the part thanks to being "chubby" as a baby, and when he was 10. After his appearances in the award-winning show, people in Caerphilly think his name is Neil and his pals have given him the nickname of his character. But Oscar is still keeping optimistic that he will be called up soon to play Neil one last time, adding: "They filmed the last Christmas Special in.
