He burst onto the scene last week as he made his debut in the critically-acclaimed Netflix series Adolescence. 

And now fans of the show have got an insight into 15-year-old Owen Cooper’s audition tape that bagged him the role of Jamie Miller. 

In an interview for the series – which follows a teenage boy accused of murdering a girl from his school after getting involved in misogynistic online forums – Owen watched back a clip of his audition. 

Alongside his episode three co-star Erin Doherty, fans saw Owen relive the audition as he acted out the scene in the police station where he is booked after his arrest. 

But the first thing Erin noticed as the clip of young Owen came on screen was his long wavy hair. 

‘How do you feel about watching yourself by the way?’ she began to ask before becoming distracted by his locks and saying: ‘Oh my god, look at you!’

‘Look at my head,’ Owen says as he buries his head in his hands while watching the old video of himself.

‘Why is your hair doing that?’ Erin asks, to which Owen replies: ‘Because that’s what I… that’s what my head used to look like.’

Erin laughs before she replies: ‘You’re way cooler now.’

‘I can’t deal with this,’ Erin goes on to say, referencing Owen’s audition. ‘Aw see even then I’m like “Ah no he didn’t do it!”‘

Owen again buries his face in his palm as he says: ‘Aw no, I didn’t even know that got filmed.’

‘Yeah but don’t worry about your hair,’ Erin says, before Owen replies: ‘No, I’m not bothered about that.’

Erin – who plays a psychiatrist in the series – replies: ‘Ok great. But even that I’m like they could have shot that.’

‘No,’ Owen says as he laughs, as Erin insists ‘They could have, come on now’ and the young actor again protests. 

After watching the clip, Owen leans back in his seat as he says: ‘I hated that. I hated that.’

‘Okay, well you’re not supposed to like looking at yourself,’ Erin adds. ‘But that was great!’

‘That was the one that got me the part I think,’ Owen notes, to which Erin asks: ‘Really?’

Owen adds: ‘Apparently yeah.’ ‘That’s… that’s literally, that’s Jamie,’ Erin says.

Actress Erin revealed she feels ‘so proud’ of the Netflix drama which she says has sparked ‘vital’ conversations about the horrors lurking online. 

The new series, which hit the streaming service on March 13, has certainly got viewers talking over the last week for its gripping storyline and the fact that each episode was done in one take. 

Speaking on the How To Fail podcast this week with Elizabeth Day, Erin said: ‘I’m very proud. 

‘I watched it for the first time all in one sitting the other day and never felt that necessity with a project before.

‘I was like, “Oh my gosh, this needs to be seen”. We need to be having these kinds of conversations.

‘So that is what I am most proud of — that I get to be a little slice of something so vital.’

She also told how she relied on help from her own therapist to do the role justice – as she took on the part of psychologist Briony Ariston who is involved in Jamie’s pre-trial assessment while he is in custody.

She said: ‘I read the script and had to speak to a therapist, so I spoke to my old therapist.

‘I wanted people to witness someone knowing their professional stance but grappling with it. I wanted to bring in layers and fight the cliché of a psychologist sat in a room asking questions.

‘I don’t want to take full credit for it because it’s the writing, and Owen Cooper who is unreal. I would work with him for the rest of my life if I could.

‘I never felt like I was working with someone that age, it felt like being with a seasoned professional.’