VERY INTERESTING: JACK WHITEHALL

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Things You Never Knew About Jack Whitehall

Comedian, actor, and TV presenter Jack Whitehall is a firm favorite at home in the U.K. and a rising star in Hollywood. He's already shown off his comic timing in the hit British sitcoms Fresh Meat and Bad Education, and capably covered for the main man on The Graham Norton Show, and now he has roles in the upcoming movie adaptation of Clifford the Big Red Dog and Disney's Jungle Cruise. With his road trip series Travels with My Father returning to Netflix September 6, here's the lowdown on the well-connected British multi-hyphenate.

1. At school, Whitehall used to sit next to... Robert Pattinson!

Whitehall has often joked about their supposed feud, which (allegedly) began when Pattinson kept beating him to the best parts in school plays. But these days, he's not averse to playing his former classmate's sidekick...

2. He auditioned for a role in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit.

"I was the first person in the world to audition for The Hobbit," Whitehall told Shortlist in 2012. "The casting director told me that when I went in. That’s a lot of pressure, isn’t it? The first person in the world. That’s probably why I f**ked the audition up." And the role he was reading for? "An elf, I think. No, a hobbit. One of the ‘dwarfy’ ones."

3. He also auditioned to play Harry Potter around the same time as Daniel Radcliffe.

But didn't make it past the first round of auditions.

4. He says "the worst death I've ever had" on stage was when he did a comedy gig in front of Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall at Kensington Palace.

And made a joke about Prince Harry that, as Whitehall recalled on The Graham Norton Show, didn't quite get the desired response.

5. His big TV break came when he hosted Big Brother's Big Mouth, a spin-off show from the U.K. version of Big Brother.

Whitehall was only 21 when he began presenting the show, following in the footsteps of previous hosts including Russell Brand and James Corden.