Given Bianca is neither a UK or a US citizen they needed to pick a base and stick with it until they are married and can resolve long term residency/citizenship. The custody issues make the US the obvious choice. Ioan will be at least seeking an outcome that mitigates the risks that Alice’s questionable lifestyle, behaviour and parenting approaches pose to the children. Whether there is anything he and the courts can do is another matter but he has to try. He is going to at least need assurance that they continue to attend school regularly, have access to healthcare and that she isn’t passing out drunk everyday. Alice has in the past failed at all these basics.
He will earn more in the US than in the UK as an actor. Even if he relocated to the UK he is probably going to be based in London and the South East rather than Wales. Which might be a bit cheaper but not much cheaper than LA. He’s in the UK regularly and I’m sure he flags up availability for roles and has enough of a CV that agents can put him forward for UK and European roles.
The UK weather is miserable compared to California if you are used to the sunshine.
I would say the move to LA was Alice driven rather than Ioan seeing himself as the next big thing. He had a good career going on both sides of the Atlantic. Alice failed in the UK and would have seen the US as a new opportunity to succeed. Only she failed again. She likely stay in LA pretending she hasn’t failed rather than go back to Bristol with her tail between her legs. She can’t afford Bristol anyway.
He will earn more in the US than in the UK as an actor. Even if he relocated to the UK he is probably going to be based in London and the South East rather than Wales. Which might be a bit cheaper but not much cheaper than LA. He’s in the UK regularly and I’m sure he flags up availability for roles and has enough of a CV that agents can put him forward for UK and European roles.
The UK weather is miserable compared to California if you are used to the sunshine.
I would say the move to LA was Alice driven rather than Ioan seeing himself as the next big thing. He had a good career going on both sides of the Atlantic. Alice failed in the UK and would have seen the US as a new opportunity to succeed. Only she failed again. She likely stay in LA pretending she hasn’t failed rather than go back to Bristol with her tail between her legs. She can’t afford Bristol anyway.