Neil Morrissey has shared his disdain for Gail’s bakery and revealed his favourite pub in north London.
The Men Behaving Badly star lived in the affluent neighbourhood of Crouch End for 25 years before moving to Bounds Green, where he has resided for more than a decade.
“We've been in Bounds Green for 12 years, not in the posh bit, but we talk to our neighbours, which didn't happen too much in Crouch End,” he told the Ham & High.
The 63-year-old blasted the overpriced nature of his local Gail’s and said he prefers a “proper baker”.
“I get my meat from the Hampstead Butcher in Muswell Hill and I prefer a proper bakers like the ones in Bounds Green, or Dunns where they don't charge you £6 for a tiger loaf like they do at Gail's,” the Line of Duty star said.
As for retail therapy, the actor praised the “great places” in Myddleton Road - one of the oldest Victorian shopping streets - like the brewery and restaurant Hillbilly Social.
Morrissey, who has owned pubs in the Midlands, added that his favourite drinking haunt is The Prince, an establishment close to Alexandra Palace station.
“There's a brilliant band of people in there - from school teachers drinking after hours to my mates, a painter and decorator and a retired accountant - we've seen a few of them off, and when they pass away we go to the funerals, lament their loss and talk about them in the pub,” he said.
The Waterloo Road star said newcomers will often go over and ask for a selfie, while the seasoned punters have welcomed him into the “congenial atmosphere”.
The star, who shares a grown-up son Sam with his ex- wife Amanda Noar, is believed to be living with his long-term partner, lawyer Emma Killick.
While Morrissey is known for his TV roles, the actor is set to star in Mark Gatiss’ theatre adaptation A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story this winter.
The production will return to London’s Alexandra Palace for a third season later this month, and will also star The Windsors actor Matthew Cottle as Scrooge.
Morrissey will play the role of Jacob Marley in the play, which will run from November 21 to January 4.
Doctor Who writer Gatiss based A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story on the 1843 classic novel by Charles Dickens.
Producers said audiences should prepare to be “frightened and delighted in equal measure as you enter the supernatural Victorian world of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol”.
Morrissey said: “I am thrilled to be taking on the role of Jacob Marley in Mark Gatiss’s fantastic adaptation of this evergreen Dickens classic.
“A real spooky treat for Christmas, and even better at the wonderful Alexandra Palace which is my local theatre.”
