Fortune Feimster: ‘The stage was a crate, the sound system was a karaoke machine. No one enjoyed the show’

The standup on playing a beaver in Zootropolis 2, being inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger and why her mother is a great source of comedy What is the best advice you’ve ever been given? I used to be quite the worrywart. Especially in this business, there were a lot of times where I wasn’t working, it was hard to find a job and I would just worry, worry, worry. My mom would just say: “don’t borrow trouble” – cross those bridges if and when you get there. It freed me up in a way that I’ve apprec...

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Lee Mead: ‘When I was 18 I said, If I haven’t made a success by 30 I’m gonna walk away. I wanted a family and a home and you can't have that on £13k’

Lee Mead was still at school when he landed his first lead role in a musical. Growing up in Southend-on-Sea, a coastal city in south-east Essex, Mead hadn’t yet considered a job in the arts or a life on the stage.