Mr Burton: Harry Lawtey on the privilege of portraying Richard Burton

The actor playing a young Richard Burton in a new biographical film has described how much of a privilege it was to take on such an "iconic" role.

Harry Lawtey said he was aware of the pressure of being an Englishman portraying the "Welsh hero" in Mr Burton.

He told Lucy Owen on BBC Radio Wales: "It was daunting, for sure.

"Trust me, it's certainly not lost on me, the gumption of some English lad turning up to play the quintessential Welsh hero, which he is."

The film is about Burton's early life growing up in the Afan Valley, Neath Port Talbot, and has been released to mark the centenary of his birth.

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