Leo Reich can’t seem to shake London.
\n\nBorn and raised north of the river, the 28-year-old comedian, actor and writer moved east a few years ago — and it’s probably the furthest he’ll venture from home.
\n\n“I wish I could be one of these people who’s like, ‘I’m going to go live in Spain for a year.’ I’m not,” Reich admits at a hip coffee shop around the corner from his flat, sipping on an iced latte despite the dropping temperature. To cope, he’s sporting a red Vivienne Westwood scarf over a simple black jean jacket and white T-shirt.
\n\nTo his credit, Reich did once try out New York City for a month and a half in the early days of his stand-up career. He’d grown up a fan of movies and shows set in the Big Apple — “Frances Ha,” “Girls,” “30 Rock” — but it didn’t live up to his expectations. “Because I was kind of this pretentious teenager, I was like, ‘I gotta move to New York in my 20s, it’s going to be fucking incredible.’ And then I eventually went and I was like, ‘This sucks.’ They didn’t get me!”
\n\nLuckily, Reich’s hometown has provided the…
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