Lee Castleton’s special words to Mr Bates vs The Post Office’s Will Mellor during reunion

Mr Bates vs The Post Office’s Will Mellor was reunited with the real-life Lee Castleton who he plays in the ITV drama.

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00:00 He just did a great job, didn't he?

00:01 And it's that honesty and that sort of empathy,

00:05 that feeling that, you know, he just felt it.

00:08 I can't tell you how difficult it was to stand in front of a judge

00:13 and be judged just as an individual.

00:15 Yeah.

00:16 And he shows that in the film,

00:17 and I think it just shows the humanity or the inhumanity of it.

00:23 Do you want to say something personally to him?

00:25 Thank you so much.

00:26 Don't be daft, mate. Thank you.

00:27 Thank you.

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