Josh O’Connor health: The Crown star explains mental health 'weird baptism'

Josh O’Connor, 30, is a British actor that’s best known for starring in The Durrells, Peaky Blinders, and – most recently – The Crown. But the actor has spoken out about the challenges facing his profession, and their mental health.

Josh was handed his big break in the acting world in 2016, when he was given the role of Larry Durrell in the ITV show ‘The Durrells’.

Since then, he’s featured in ‘God’s Own Country’, ‘Only You’, and the six-part series of ‘Les Miserables’.

In 2018, Josh was cast as Prince Charles for seasons three and four of The Crown, and will be discussing the TV show on BBC One’s The Graham Norton Show on Friday night (November 6).

But the actor has previously explained that he has struggled with his mental health.

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“I work in an industry in which we’re all quite vulnerable, I think, to mental health,” Josh told GQ, last year.

“I was tearing my hair out. I didn’t know what to do and it probably wasn’t great for my mental health. It made me a bit insecure.

“One morning, I just got in my car and drove [to the Hampshire coast]. I got to the beach, ran into the sea – it was freezing cold – and just lay there.

“When I got out, I felt like a new man. It was like a weird baptism.”