Dominic Cooper - Dominic Cooper's Musical Woe

Dominic Cooper can't sing.

The British actor - who starred as the hunky Sky in 2008 musical movie 'Mamma Mia!' - always wanted to be a musician but had trouble when he tried to start bands as a youth because he was "dreadful", though he blames his upbringing.

He said: "I was in bands. I was the lead singer. They were dreadful. I couldn't sing. They were all not very good.

"There was a terrible sort of mixture of one brother who is into kind of bad 80s, Nick Kershaw and Duran Duran and a much older brother who is into soul and my mother who is into classical music... it was an amalgamation of very different music styles which came out as something quite appalling."

However, Dominic admits he did discover a passion for the drums while filming the role of rocker Ben in romantic comedy 'Tamara Drewe' - although it was short-lived.

He joked to BANG Showbiz: "I had some lessons and got really into it and loved it and then went completely over the top and purchased a drum kit, and then I got letters from the local council asking me to leave the premises immediately.

"Of course as soon as the film wrapped, the drums went into a box and I've never seen them again."