Mathew Horne admits to stage difficulties

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Mathew Horne has admitted that the move from TV work to theatre has been a difficult one.

The Gavin & Stacey actor is currently rehearsing for the play Entertaining Mr Sloane, in which he plays the title role, but confessed that the experience has been a "real shock to the system".

He told The Guardian: "TV's so quick, you make a choice and you do it, and if the director thinks it's wrong then you make another choice and you do it, and that's it.

"This is a really complex process and discipline. It's a real shock to the system. The first few days of rehearsal were like being hit by a bus."

However, Horne insisted that he is still enjoying the role as it is a completely different character to Gavin Shipman.

"Gavin is a very sort of straight, heterosexual man, albeit a sweet one," he noted. "And this is a bit of a movement on, where my character will f**k anything that moves. That's quite an interesting thing to play."