From the Artful Dodger to Titanic ‘bad lad’, the Belfast actor is back for the Takeover Festival.

Martin McCann has come a long way since playing the Artful Dodger at school. The Belfast actor has been praised by Richard Attenborough, cast by Steven Spielberg, played U2 frontman Bono and acted alongside Tom Hanks and Daniel Radcliffe. Now he is to play Conor McCann (at least he won’t get the name wrong) alongside Derek Jacobi and Neve Campbell in the forthcoming 12-part BBC mini-series, Titanic: Blood and Steel.

It’s an impressive résumé for a 28 year old, yet a question about whether or not he has ‘made it’ makes McCann squirm. ‘That phrase daunts me,’ he admits. ‘I think any actor that is working has made it. I have always had confidence in my abilities as an actor, but whether or not I’ve “made it”? I don’t know.’

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