Oxfordshire actor Jonathan Bailey is displaying the ballet skills he learned in Henley in the biggest movie of the month.

The Wallingford-born actor, 36, stars in musical blockbuster Wicked which had the largest-ever opening weekend for a stage musical adaptation at cinema chain Vue this weekend.

Mr Bailey, who played Viscount Anthony Bridgerton in Netflix hit Bridgerton, plays Fiyero in the movie adapted from a hit Broadway and West End musical.

The film also stars Grammy-winner Ariana Grande, Oscar-nominated actress Cynthia Erivo, Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard of Oz.

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Based on the stories by L Frank Baum, it is a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, telling the story of how Elphaba (Erivo) became the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda (Grande) the Good Witch of the South.

Excited fans have been commenting on the 'bromance' between Mr Bailey and Mr Goldblum at press interviews.

Mr Goldblum said it was because they were both ballet dancers.

Mr Bailey, who grew up in Benson, went to Benson C of E Primary School and Magdalen College School in Oxford, did ballet at a dance school in Henley.

He told Vanity Fair: "I did gymnastics growing up and I did dancing. I was the only boy within a whatever-mile radius.

"And because I was a boy and I was dancing, whenever the Royal Shakespeare Company wanted to cast someone, they called.

"It was dancing that got me into acting. And in dance school—not school, but a hobby club—they had acrobatics, which I was obsessed with.

"So I had, and still do have, a very bendy back, as shown in Wicked."

Mr Bailey is also currently starring in hit Netflix coming-of-age romantic drama Heartstopper.