The Traitors viewers double take after spotting season 3 star in ‘incredible’ advert

The Traitors viewers have noticed one of the stars in an ‘incredible’ ad for an airport train.

The third season of the hugely popular BBC reality game series returned to screens last week, with a new group of contestants starting the ultimate game of deception as some were selected as Traitors.

This time around the group have a wide range of careers, from a retired opera singer to a diplomat and an interior designer to translator.

One of them is also Jack, a 25-year-old Market trader and landscaper from Yorkshire.

‘I have secretly trained as an actor. I moved to London when I was 18, moved away from Yorkshire and I didn’t really tell too many of my family and friends that that’s what I was going to do,’ he admitted ahead of the show airing.

‘I think I can kind of play it a little bit dumb, maybe act like the ditzy gardener and landscaper who secretly has his own agenda, and hopefully a couple of acting skills to back that up.’

The Traitors fans have spotted a star in an ad for the Luton Airport Express (Picture: EMR)

Jack appears in the 30-second ad for the airport train (Picture: EMR)

Many said they did a double take (Picture: EMR)

However, during the premiere episode Jack, along with Alexander and Fozia, seemingly left the competition after they volunteered to get off the train taking the contestants to the castle in the Scottish Highlands.

Despite it appearing they’ll be returning this week, Jack appeared on screens elsewhere recently, leaving many delighted.

An ad for the Luton Airport Express, that was released last month, has seen many pointing out the actor after first seeing him on the BBC show.

The 30-second advert features several actors performing a rap about the benefits of the train, with Jack seen in the carriage highlighting the fact the service is ‘only a tenner or so’ and urging customers to use their savings on a travel pillow before jetting off.

In it, he’s wearing a white bucket hat partially obscuring his face however many clued on quickly.

Jack appeared in the first episode before seemingly being eliminated (Picture: BBC/ Studio Lambert)

‘It has been a long time since I’ve watched an advert all the way through. It was so good!’ one person commented on YouTube.

‘Incredible ad,’ another shared.

However, others queried: ‘Is that the lad from The Traitors?’

On Reddit, others said they’d done a ‘double take’ when first watching the clip.

Another quipped: ‘Is he going to hide his acting credentials like Maddy from series 1? Hollyoaks & Call the Midwife beckons if he can pull it off…’

When the ad was released late last year, Jack shared it on Instagram and told people to ‘keep your eyes peeled’, adding he had a ‘mint time’ filming it.

However some are convinced he, Alexander and Fozia will return (Picture: BBC/ Studio Lambert)

Over the festive season Jack also starred in a production of A Christmas Carol staged on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway before announcing to his followers he’d moved back to London ‘to give the acting a good crack’.

But before then many will be waiting to see if he does in fact make a return to The Traitors, which many are convinced will happen.

In the final moments of Friday night’s episode, a clip captioned ‘a few miles away’ from the castle showed a horse-drawn carriage being driven by two masked figures travelling down a country road.

The side of the door read ‘rail replacement’ sparking many viewers to declare the trio were ‘definitely’ coming back.

The Traitors continues tomorrow at 9pm on BBC One.

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