āI quit my job and became an actor after surviving Manchester Arena attackā
Jamie Cousins and his 10-year-old daughter Poppy were at the Manchester Arena on the night of last yearās terror attack.
They cleared the foyer seconds before the explosion, after leaving the gig during the final song.
Jamie describes the scenes after the blast as ālike a horror filmā, as he and Poppy made their way out of the Arena.
In the weeks and months that followed, Jamie came to the realisation that ālifeās too shortā, and quit the job heād been doing for 16 years to take up his lifelong passion, acting.
Heās since landed a leading role in an independent feature film called āOut Of Timeā.
Jamie says the film āgave him something to focus on and gave him a distractionā following the events at the Arena.
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