Star gears up for Bodyguard return
ACTOR Richard Madden has confirmed he is to start talks about a second series of the hit TV drama Bodyguard.
The former Game Of Thrones star, 32, is planning to meet the BBC One show’s creator Jed Mercurio to discuss where the programme and his character, personal protection officer David Budd, can go.
He said: “I’m going to meet Jed in a couple of weeks, to have a chat and see what’s in his brilliant brain. So I’m like, what can happen next? You know, with David. Because he had a hell of a couple months there. Where do you go with this guy?
“Who knows what’s in Jed’s mind. I’m very keen to hear. Also I think, you know, David Budd, he walks about London with a bomb on. I mean, everyone definitely knows his face now. He can’t really slip back into police work again. What’s his life like after that?”
Richard admitted he initially could see the programme, which also starred Keeley Hawes, only lasting for one series because he believes TV is “moving away” from the idea of a successful show spanning multiple seasons.
He added: “Yeah, a really contained little adventure. I think that’s a brilliant thing. It’s great, you’ve gone on a big old journey during that. And you go, ‘Right, OK, that’s great. Peace’. But I suppose it’s the landscape of TV; maybe we’re moving away from, ‘Oh, it’s good, let’s make nine series of it.’
“Are we going, ‘Oh, it’s good, let’s do something different next?’ I’m just really glad it got people watching television, nationally. You know, lots of people watching the same thing.”
Bodyguard was watched by more than 17 million people during its time on the BBC, making the programme the largest audience for a TV show that was not a sporting or national event since 2010.
RICHARD MADDEN – star of BBC’s Bodyguard and very popular with the ladies – is said to be in talks for a second series. In talks? What is there to talk about? Just sign on the dotted line, Mr Madden, and be quick about it. The fans expect nothing less.