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Cooper played the central character, Jamie Miller, a schoolboy who is abruptly woken up by the police storming his house in the show's first episode.

Cooper, 15, was named best supporting actor in a limited series for his portrayal of a schoolboy accused of murdering a classmate.

During breaks in the soundcheck, Marley began chatting to the schoolboy about growing up in England, while Morris questioned him about his life in Jamaica.

"It's from a comic book, really. It was like Roy of the Rovers… some kind of schoolboy, fictional stuff."

If, however, at lunch in a restaurant near his Beverly Hills boutique during one of his occasional visits, a screen idol stopped by his table, he melted into schoolboy smiles and blushing laughter.