Played drums for a band when he was in school and had only fiddled with
friends' guitars before playing one for real in the movie
What a Girl Wants (2003).
Main reason to enroll as an acting major was so he could attend the
same school as his then-girlfriend.
In "What a Girl Wants" and in "Raise Your Voice" he plays the guitar a
lot. Only in "Raise Your Voice" he plays the acoustic guitar.
Went to Guildford School of Acting in Surrey to learn the trade.