"When I started out, I played a lot of young men on “the wrong side of the law”. "I've no idea why it’s happening, and I’m starting to get a bit worried about it!" he smiles. It’s an ingenious concept and incredibly funny!"įor Danny, being cast as a policeman is something he’s getting used to. "That's in complete contrast to 1950s cop Chubb, who’s completely inept and couldn’t investigate his way out of a paper bag.
"Locke, the guy in the modern-day storyline, takes himself incredibly seriously, is very brusque, and thinks he's the bee's knees," Danny adds. "The main reason I wanted to get involved in Magpie Murders was that idea of one actor playing two roles," says Danny, who plays DS Locke in the contemporary storyline, and DI Chubb in the 1950s-set dramatised sequences from Conway’s book. (Image credit: ITV) Interview: Daniel Mays on playing two coppers in Magpie MurdersĪfter playing a cop in series three of crime drama Line of Duty, for his new role Danny Mays is playing not one but two policemen in Magpie Murders! Lesley recently starred in Channel 4 drama I Am Maria, and she's in The Crown season 5 playing Princess Margaret.ĭaniel Mays in Magpie Murders. On the television screen, fans will know her as Cathy in the warm-hearted sitcom Mum and as brothel keeper Lydia Quigley in Harlots. She worked with Timothy Spall before in Mr. Lesley has had an extensive film career with leading roles in Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and more recently Mrs Harris Goes to Paris. Susan stops being an editor and gets more interested in solving the murder – if it is murder…" Then he dies and, from that point on, the story flips between the circumstances surrounding Conway's death, and how it parallels with the deaths of characters in the book he has written. "When Alan sends Susan the manuscript of his latest book, it's missing the last chapter. She’s fabulous! ‘I really like her as a person, as she's not done what most people would have expected her to. Lesley told us: "She’s an independent, spirited woman who lives by her own rules. (Image credit: ITV) Interview: Lesley Manville on playing book editor Susan Ryeland Magpie Murders first look: Tim McMullan as Atticus Pünd on the case.
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