Man who got his dream job says: "My head fell off. These sort of things, it doesn't happen to us normal people.”

A man’s fortunes changed after being sent an Instagram post.

Dominic Murphy, 22, from Norris Green, was always passionate about performing from a young age while growing up in Page Moss. Speaking to the ECHO, Dominic said: “When I was younger, I was constantly singing and dancing.

“I used to walk around with a boombox on my old road. I used to think I was the one. My nan used to say, "I was made for the stage.”

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Encouraged by his mum Vicky and dad Tony, Dominic trained in acting at Rare Studios in Liverpool city centre. After finishing college, he didn’t find any acting work for a year and suffered with somewhat of a loss of confidence.

It was a friend of Dominic’s who told him that the makers of G’wed, an ITV drama series following the lives of Scouse teenagers, were on the hunt for actors. He said: “To be honest, I completely stumbled across it.

“One of my friends sent me an advert on Instagram. She said, you need to send an audition video. At the time, I'd been out of college for a year. I hadn't done any acting.

“The process was a good couple of months, it felt like a year. When I was offered a role, my head fell off. These sort of things, it doesn't happen to us normal people.”

Dominic said G'wed’s approach of recruiting new actors for an uplifting portal of growing up in Merseyside drew him to the show. He said: “They were going for new fresh talent. We had that relatableness that we could bring to the table.”

In the show, Dominic played Ted, a gay character searching for his first true love. For Dominic, stories such as this made the show stand-out compared to dramas focussed on crime and violence.

He said: “It was multifaceted. That's real life. That's what happens to people like us.”

Dominic remembers his time on set fondly. He said: “I think we were in safe hands. The producer (Mario Stylianides) made us so comfortable. He really wanted us to do well and so did the writer Danny Kenny. Then we had all these amazing actors showing the way. We were so lucky.”

G’wed has been streamed 4.9 million times on ITVX since it launched in February, becoming the platform’s biggest comedy since Changing Ends. It is also the second most watched programme of the year on ITV2 after Love Island.

Since the show aired, Dominic has picked up further acting work, including in an upcoming short film with Kirkby director Jack McLoughlin.

Dominic feels the last few months have taught him an important lesson. He said: “I think it made me realise, this is possible, I can do it.

“If I could give my younger self a hug, I would. It's about keeping resilience. As scousers were good at that. I'm a strong believer that things that are good for you won't pass you by.”

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