Barney Walsh prefers Casualty to working with celeb dad – but admits challenges

Barney Walsh is so convincing on Casualty people ask him for medical advice

He has been playing nurse Cameron Mickelthwaite for a year and already gets treated like an expert. Barney told me: “I’ve only been on the show for a year. It’s gone incredibly quick. But people will ask, ‘Can you do this? Can you do that?’. The short answer is, ‘No, we’re faking it!’”

He is such a novice when it comes to nursing he still struggles to master some of the medical jargon in the script. The actor said: “I’m getting there when it comes to some of the words – I learn more every day.

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“I have a friend who is a junior doctor who works in the NHS, so when I get a script through and there’s something I don’t understand, I text him straightaway. I ask, ‘What does this mean?’. And he’ll tell me.”

Barney often works with his dad Bradley Walsh on shows such as Breaking Dad and Gladiators. But he says long-running drama Casualty is his favourite project. He said: “I love working with the old man. But this is the kind of job that’s the most fulfilling for me. I love waking up and getting to work with everyone on the show.”

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He added: “It’s wonderful to be part of something as special as Casualty.”

Last month, we exclusively revealed Nigel Harman had quit Casualty after just one year. The TV hunk, who played consultant Max Cristie, told Daily Star: “My time on Casualty is done for the time being.”

Nigel’s final scenes will be shown in February next year and he will sign off with a gripping storyline.

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