A boy of 13 landed a dream role as the new voice of Thomas the Tank Engine – but had to keep it a secret from his friends.
Harry Sparkes will voice the little blue engine in a reboot of the children’s classic.
But for the past nine months, he kept his recording sessions a secret, telling classmates in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, that he was leaving lessons each week to have physiotherapy on an injured foot.
Mattel’s Thomas & Friends Railway Stories will be available on YouTube today and Netflix later this month.
Crazy Rich Asians actor Henry Golding will take on the narrator role
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