Ashley Walters and Stephen Graham often end up crying when they talk on the phone.
Close friends for more than two decades after meeting on the long-forgotten British MTV sitcom “Top Buzzer” (about cannabis dealers in London), the two have shared numerous personal journeys with each other since then.
“We’ve been there when we’ve lost loved ones,” notes Walters. “We’ve had highs and lows through life, inside and outside of work.”
Of late, however, the tears have been ones of joy, as a call last week underlined.
“I said to him, ‘Steve, five years ago there was absolutely no chance that I was going to be in this position,” Walters explains. “So then he starts crying. Then I start going. My wife’s next to me and she starts going.”
He laughs.
“But it’s just a beautiful thing.”
The position Walters is currently in is one of wholly unexpected fast-tracked,...
Close friends for more than two decades after meeting on the long-forgotten British MTV sitcom “Top Buzzer” (about cannabis dealers in London), the two have shared numerous personal journeys with each other since then.
“We’ve been there when we’ve lost loved ones,” notes Walters. “We’ve had highs and lows through life, inside and outside of work.”
Of late, however, the tears have been ones of joy, as a call last week underlined.
“I said to him, ‘Steve, five years ago there was absolutely no chance that I was going to be in this position,” Walters explains. “So then he starts crying. Then I start going. My wife’s next to me and she starts going.”
He laughs.
“But it’s just a beautiful thing.”
The position Walters is currently in is one of wholly unexpected fast-tracked,...
- 7/25/2025
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
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