OHMYGOSSIP — The cast of ‘It’s a Sin’ were “all in tears” during the first script read-through. Olly Alexander, who plays Ritchie Tozer on the Channel 4 drama, has recalled how he and his co-stars got emotional on the first day they met, when they were going through Russell T Davies’ script. Speaking on ‘The Graham Norton Show’ on Virgin Radio, he said: “It was emotional on set. On the day we met at the read-through we were all in tears reading it. “Then rehearsals and filming were emotional. But we had the best time.” Olly – who fronts band Years & Years – also admitted he “can’t believe” the cast managed to film the series before the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. The Channel 4 drama is based around a group of friends in 1981 at the start of the AIDS epidemic. Olly, 30, recently admitted he had a “complete emotional and physical breakdown” during rehearsals. He said: “Going into the show, I thought: I’m a confident person, I perform for a living, I like sex – this will be easy … “I had three full days of shooting sex scenes, so I had a lot of guys to get through with this process! “And I actually had a complete emotional and physical breakdown in the first rehearsal session.” Olly ended up laughing and joking his way through his intimate scenes. He explained: “I went to the intimacy coordinator and said: ‘I can’t do this’. I just had a really violent reaction to trying to simulate sex. “But they really held my hand in the process and in the end, I really enjoyed it. I laughed the whole time. “When we were shooting the scenes, I was singing songs in between and making jokes. Because it’s ridiculous that you’re at work suddenly with all your clothes off making noises.”