Celebrity MasterChef contestant Adam Pearson is currently filming alongside MCU star Sebastian Stan
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Vying to become the 2022 winner of Celebrity MasterChef, actor, journalist and presenter Adam Pearson hopes to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace in the Under the Cloche, Street Food and Dinner party challenges. Adam first rose to prominence after graduating from the University for Brighton and working as part of the production team for all five series of Channel 4 show The Undateables and various BBC programmes.
The journalist presented multiple programmes around beauty and disability, having previously admitted to being bullied throughout his life for his appearance for suffering from a rare condition which sees tumours grow on his face.
Not limited to the small screen, however, Adam has film credits and is currently filming for a new production.
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Adam has appeared in six films, two of which are short films. A Different Man (currently filming), Chained for Life (2018), DRIB (2017) Odd Man Out (2015 short), Rodentia (2015 short) and Under the Skin (2013).
To date, his performance in Under the Skin, starring alongside Scarlet Johansson, remains his most notable role. With the Hollywood star, he hoped the film would challenge disfigurement stigma and ended up being named in many 'best-of-the-decade lists' after receiving critical acclaim.
In a 2014 Guardian interview, Adam spoke of working on the film alongside Scarlett and filming a nude scene: "They just said 'action' and you do it, I didn't really think about it…I didn't broadcast the information [that he was in the film] until quite near the release. I didn't tell some people at all and just took them to see the film. I mean, my friend Heidi hasn't made eye contact with me for a week."
On working with Johansson, Adam said she was "brilliant. She's really nice, charming, funny and intelligent once you get over the feeling of 'Oh my God, this is Scarlett Johansson!'"
During filming, the duo engaged in an inappropriate joke competition, with Adam coming out on top.
Adam is currently filming A Different Man, which tells the story of Edward. After undergoing a facial reconstructive surgery, he becomes fixated on an actor in a stage production based on his former life. It stars Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) actor Sebastian Stan and Norwegian actress Renate Reinsve.
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