HAM & HIGH TALKS TO LAURA WHITMORE ABOUT APEX PREDATOR
Posted on 4 April 2025.
Posted in: Interviews with cast and creatives
Laura Whitmore has that rare ability to appear perfectly at ease while presenting live TV.
As she says, it's not easy to pull off "looking like it's natural when you have three voices talking in your ear".
But while her broadcasting career, from MTV to presenting This Morning and Love Island to I'm A Celebrity, has traded on her unaffected charm, the Irish-born north Londoner insists it's no different to acting - which she's about to do at Hampstead Theatre.
"I am known for being a version of myself," she muses.
"Each TV show is a different version of myself. The Laura of MTV or I'm a Celebrity is different to the Laura of Love Island or the Laura at home, picking up my daughter from nursery.
"When you're working, a relative might have passed away, you are juggling a million things, but you have to leave stuff in the dressing room and do what you have to do."
Luckily the Dubliner seems to thrive on it.
"I love the feeling of doing things, live and I love storytelling - finding out about different people's lives, whether that's interviewing someone or playing a character."
After a stint in 2:22 A Ghost Story, and filming her first feature film, Whitmore was open to more dramatic roles when she read the script for John Donnelly's Apex Predator.
"When this came up, I was filming a documentary, and thought 'it's a five-week run in North London, I live in North London, am I going to make it work?'
"But when I read the play, it was like nothing I had ever read before. I had to make it work!"
There's a supernatural twist to the tale of stressed-out mum Mia with a new baby and a son being bullied at school. Whitmore plays enigmatic teacher Anna, who suggests an unorthodox solution that turns prey into hunter.
"It's a wild trip," Whitmore enthuses.
"But isn't that what you want from a night out? Plus, it's two really strong female roles which is lovely to see….”
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Apex Predator plays on the Main Stage until 26 April.
