Coping with bad breakups is famously documented in rom-coms, from eating tubs of ice cream to crying to sad music. But James Norton found a far more profound answer to his break-up from Fright Night actress Imogen Poots in 2023, as he has revealed in a new interview.

Sitting down with the Guardian , the Happy Valley star, 40, revealed that splitting from his ex-fiancée and partner of six years was a "massive change". It was a major life shift that he first addressed publicly on the Information stage at Glastonbury Festival this year.

© Dave Benett Imogen Poots and James Norton split in 2023

"I lost the person," he said of the break-up during a panel at the festival. "But I also lost the life I was about to lead, the kids we had named, all that kind of stuff."

He added: "I

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