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"David Harewood has revealed that landing a role in Homeland saved his career. The British actor played CIA anti-terror chief David Estes in the critically-acclaimed Showtime drama for its first two seasons, before being killed off in the latest episode.  He explained to The Sun that he almost quit acting a few years ago, until he found &amp;quot;overnight success&amp;quot; after 27 years of work. &amp;quot;Two and a half years ago I was at my lowest ebb. My best friend had just died, I wasn&amp;#039;t working, I was completely skint and very close to giving up. &amp;quot;But then I got the call and now things have changed 100%. It&amp;#039;s completely turned round. Homeland picked me up out of the gutter and I&amp;#039;m so very grateful for it.&amp;quot; Speaking about his departure from Homeland, he said: &amp;quot;I wouldn&amp;#039;t say I&amp;#039;m glad to be out of the show, but I think I probably left at the right time. &amp;quot;I left everybody wanting a bit more of me! It&amp;#039;s been extraordinary - the best reaction to anything I&amp;#039;ve ever done in my life. &amp;quot;And it really brought me to the attention of a wider audience.&amp;quot; Harewood added that he finds it amusing that so many Brits believe he is American, saying: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s extraordinary. I&amp;#039;ve been acting for 27 years! The amount of people who stopped me and said, &amp;#039;I had no idea you were British!&amp;#039;&amp;quot;  He will star in the Sky Arts Playhouse Presents play Hey Diddly Dee tonight (April 18), a musical based on the life of Andy Warhol. Kylie Minogue, Peter Serafinowicz and Mathew Horne also star in the project, which airs tonight at 9pm. &amp;quot;My character really fancies [Kylie],&amp;quot; Harewood added. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s completely smitten, but he&amp;#039;s very shy and useless and doesn&amp;#039;t know how to approach her. &amp;quot;Kylie was great to work with. She could have been a diva but she was really approachable and up for a laugh.&amp;quot; David Harewood married his partner and mother of his two children Kirsty Handy in Barbados earlier this year. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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