Robert Sheehan

Review: Misfits - Vegas Baby!

As most of you will know, Misfits star Robert Sheehan decided to quit the show last series, so rather than recast his character (by giving Nathan the ability to change his appearance, perhaps?), or waiting until series 3 to explain Nathan's absence as an event that happened between episodes, writer Howard Overman managed to put together an eight-minute webisode to explain Nathan's departure...

Nathan tries his luck in Vegas

Misfits returns to E4 in October with some changes. Robert Sheehan leaves and Joe Gilgun joins the cast. E4 has commissioned the online film, Vegas Baby! for fans to say farewell.

Stephen Fry leads cast for Borrowers adaptation

Stephen Fry, Victoria Wood, Robert Sheehan and Sharon Horgan have been cast in a BBC adaptation of The Borrowers, due to air this Christmas.

'Misfits': Q&A with Robert Sheehan

Hurrah, it's finally BAFTA day! Yes, the Philips British Academy Television Awards are being held tonight, and one of the nominees crossing their fingers will be Robert Sheehan, who's been recognised for his role in Misfits. When Robert announced that he'd decided to leave the show earlier this year there was a little bit of an uproar, so we gave him a ring to chat about the BAFTAs and why he decided to hang up his community service jumpsuit for good...

The first series scooped a Bafta and this second, saucier, frequently hair-raising series - shown on E4 last autumn - deserves to do the same. The Misfits are potty-mouthed but oddly lovable young offenders cursed with superpowers after a freak storm. In this opening episode, the smart-aleck of the group, Nathan (played by Robert Sheehan, who's announced he won't be returning for a third series, to the dismay of many female fans), is buried alive. Even his impudent quips can't get him out of this hole. Geeky Simon also has a problem: a creepy ex-girlfriend from his stint in a psychiatric hospital. Oh yes, and there's the matter of the probation officer he bumped off, leering up at him from the freezer.

Can Misfits survive without Nathan?

Robert Sheehan is to leave the E4 superhero drama. So will the show be damaged by losing its 'fittest' star, or could it emerge healthier than ever, like Doctor Who?

Viva Las Vegas! Viva 'Misfits'!

Following the weekend's shock announcement that Robert Sheehan won't be part of Misfits' third series, some details on the "online film" has come to light. The webisode will apparently involve the gang going on a trip to Las Vegas, where the new character Rudy is introduced as Nathan's departure is explained.

Robert Sheehan leaves 'Misfits'

Hugely disappointing news has arrived from the Kapow convention, taking place in London this weekend. Robert Sheehan, who plays Nathan Young in E4's BAFTA-winning superhero drama Misfits, will not be returning for the third series. His position on the show will be taken by a new character called Rudi, and the replacement dealt with in a webseries just prior to Misfits' return.

Tonight, the teen drama pays homage to Superman while remaining tongue-in-cheek enough to get away with it. The masked superhero who appears to have chosen bolshy Alisha (Antonia Thomas) as his Lois Lane finally reveals his identity and turns out to be both hunky and strangely familiar. Romance is also on the cards for Nathan (Robert Sheehan) and Kelly (Lauren Socha), until he insults her tattooist, who wreaks inky revenge. Meanwhile, Curtis (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) proves as fickle as his girlfriend Alisha and falls head over heels in lust with another mouthy lady. Don't expect this gutsy show to dissolve into a saccharine snog-fest, however. There's a tense scene involving a bag of dry-roasted peanuts, blue gags galore and enough tenderness to make you really care about these ham-fisted heroes.