Tom Hooper worked 10-hour days on "EastEnders", and learned to direct with speed. He was influenced in his early career by the cinematic style of American TV series such as "ER", "NYPD Blue" and "" and tried to work that style into his "EastEnders" episodes; one scene featuring Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp) involved a crane shot, which Hooper believes made him infamous among the "EastEnders" production crew. In 1999, Hooper directed two episodes of Granada Television's comedy-drama television series "Cold Feet", which marked his move to bigger-budget productions. There was initially concern at Granada that Hooper might be an unsuitable director for
Roman Kemp Roman Kemp Roman Kemp (born January 28, 1993), is an English radio host and presenter for international radio network Capital FM. He was also the social media correspondent for "The X Factor UK 2016". Kemp is the son of Martin Kemp and Shirlie Holliman. His mother was a backing vocalist for the 1980s duo Wham! and a member of Pepsi & Shirlie, whilst his father is mainly known for being in the band Spandau Ballet and was also an actor in the soap opera "EastEnders" and a footballer for Melchester Rovers in comic strip "Roy of the Rovers". He is