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How would you describe your character?

Detective Inspector Stanley Lejeune is an old-school gumshoe copper. The word gumshoe is derived from an English expression about detectives who used to wear crepe gumshoes. He’s old school so he relies heavily on his sense. There’s a lot of sensory description in the script as he talks about scent and smell and the gut instincts he has around certain people.

What has helped you get into character?

I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in several Agatha Christie productions. The Brits do costume dramas so brilliantly that it requires very little to feel of that period. When I was a kid, my father had a gardener who was the archetypal blue-collar backbone of society - everything that I admire about strength and doggedness. He was very much in the forefront of my mind when I played this character, this quiet, steely, flinty man who is also incredibly tough. Through his tough exterior there is a certain sense of humanity, but a real sense of justice. He is a good man.

How has it been to work with Rufus?

Working with Rufus Sewell is actually vaguely irritating because I’ve known him for many years and the older he gets, the more handsome he gets. He’s got cheekbones you can open letters with. The reason why I find Mark Easterbrook so interesting is because he has a dogged determination. He has a secret of his own too.

How will the show feel different to a usual whodunit?

It’s dark, multi-faceted and it leans towards the supernatural. There’s the old school and the new school and Mark Easterbrook cruises through the middle of it. You get to experience England at its greatest change: the birth of the beat generation of the 1960s.