I've had a fair amount of experience with snakes, and I find them to be pretty honest in terms of how you read their body language and emotions. They'll tell you when they're grumpy. They'll tell you when they're okay.

There he was scouted for Hetty Wainthropp Investigates on which he played Hetty's under-aged sidekick Geoffrey Shawcross for four series. Monaghan originally auditioned for the role of Sawyer. It was part of a programme called REESES Puff's Extraordinary Cinema (Where the teens replace the pros).

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