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Leo Woodall stays grounded after 'One Day,' even as more hearts are fluttering

"We could watch these all day," Woodall says as the brief presentation nears its end.

LOS ANGELES — "I haven't seen this one specifically," Leo Woodall says as a sheepish smile — the one that has made a fair number of hearts flutter since Netflix dropped its adaptation of the angsty romantic drama "One Day," in which he stars — stretches across his face.

Woodall is well aware there is a trove of TikTok videos that document viewers' intensely emotional response to the series, which chronicles the 20-year torturous slow burn of unlikely friends Dex (Woodall) and Emma (Ambika Mod). His friends have passed some on, he says. But after pleasantries are exchanged at the start of this video call on a mid-May morning — with Woodall beaming in from London — I share my screen to guide him through a

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