James Norton

From March, the actor will lead the West End adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara's tragic bestseller. But right now, he's back as the monstrous Tommy Lee Royce ...

And that is a very small – and I’m not in any way comparing my experience to Jude’s, because it is a tiny sliver of what Jude experiences – but it is a way in for me. “Ahh, that’s going to be the headline, isn’t it?” He concedes, though, that being part of that conversation is “amazing and nuts”. He is the most extreme example of someone who is full of goodness and warmth and yet is so full of self-loathing because of the way he is treated. “So actually my experience is very different from Jude’s, apart from the fact that Ampleforth was a Catholic boarding school and it was a monastery, but it was a huge monastery and there were 550 boys as opposed to just one. “It’s the fact I went to a Catholic boarding school, where there was an inquiry into very sad and horrible things that were discovered and should not have happened,” he says, “and I didn’t have any experience of that when I was at that school. “The last time it was screened in Moscow,” he says, “there were masked gunmen who came and shut the screening down. For three months?’ But it being this scary and terrifying prospect is the reason why you have to do it.” “I think the beauty of Sally and her writing is that she really, really f***s with the relationship you have with the characters,” he says, almost whispering the swear word. it came out when we were filming the first series of Grantchester, which was a role much more similar to me, and there was a risk that if I’d just done Grantchester I’d have been known as the well-spoken floppy-haired guy who can just do that.” “She likes to make you think you’re dealing with a psychopath and then rip the rug out from under your feet, so that suddenly you’re feeling this sympathy for them and you can’t quite understand why.” The star of [Happy Valley ](/topic/happy-valley)and McMafia is wearing a “big, baggy tracksuit” and plans to have a “hefty snooze” after our interview, because he can’t stay awake on long drives. The killing is quickly linked back to Royce, who we discover has been transferred to a Sheffield prison, where he’s been having secret meetings with his son (and Cawood’s grandson) Ryan (Rhys Connah), and he is as chillingly childlike and playful as ever.

The actor, 37, plays villainous murderer and sex offender Tommy Lee Royce in the drama who grows long locks while in prison.

'I loved having long hair – it was fun, and I found myself hanging out in the mousse section of Boots. There is something magical that happens when you have an audience, but I am terribly nervous and ask myself every day, 'Why the hell are you doing this?' 'They are the funniest scrips I have read since Derry Girls. Asked about also being reunited with his young Belfast co-star Jude Hill, he said: 'I love that boy so much. Change up: James Norton has revealed that he loved his Happy Valley character's long hair and 'Messiah' look while filming the last series of the drama [James Norton](/tvshowbiz/james-norton/index.html) has revealed that he loved his [Happy Valley character's long hair ](/tvshowbiz/article-11523579/James-Norton-dons-huge-forehead-scar-villain-Tommy-Lee-Royce-season-3-Happy-Valley.html)and 'Messiah' look while filming the last series of the drama.

For the unversed, the show was aired before Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment during an investigation by The New York Times that led to the #MeToo ...

“War & Peace was one of his last shows and I’m not going to lie, there were rumours about him. Speaking of Weinstein, Norton revealed, “He visited the set once when I was there, flew in for an hour, it was a handshake situation... Norton continued, “I never witnessed any of the abuse, but I’d heard about it.

What does Tommy have up his sleeve in the final episodes? (Picture: Matt Squire/PA Wire)James Norton has opened up about how he feels over the widely ...

If you don’t wanna wait till next week buy it now b4 they realise & remove it from the store!’ ‘I loved having long hair – it was fun, and I found myself hanging out in the mousse section of Boots. Fans have a chilling theory](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/04/happy-valley-season-3-why-is-tommy-lee-royce-learning-spanish-18042753/?ico=more_text_links) He also expressed his sadness over the thrilling show coming to an end, stating of his character Tommy: ‘He is a despicable monster, but he became really enticing, a sort of weird distant friend that you love seeing. [Happy Valley proves Sally Wainwright is TV’s greatest writer](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/04/happy-valley-proves-sally-wainwright-is-tvs-greatest-writer-18039357/?ico=more_text_links) [dubbing the comeback of the drama as ‘simply stunning’](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/02/happy-valley-2023-tv-has-peaked-with-simply-stunning-series-3-return-18024244/).

The actor, who is a lead character in the hit BBC crime drama set in Yorkshire, spoke on the Graham Norton show about how to ensure the long stint on stage ...

James will take to the stage alongside Luke Thompson, Omari Douglas, Zach Wyatt, and more at the Harold Pinter Theatre for a Strictly limited season, starting on March 25, 2023. Actor and Happy Valley star James Norton has revealed how he refuses to let his serious health condition stop him from going on stage. The actor responded: "The added component is that I don’t leave the stage for a couple of hours and I am a type 1 diabetic, so I have juice, and I can’t bring it up because it’s got branding on it. [The real-life Happy Valley in Yorkshire where locals are being driven out and weed is smoked in the street](https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/real-life-happy-valley-locals-25914268) [The actor, who is also ](https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/tv/happy-valleys-james-nortons-life-25828763)about to star in a three-hour play called A Little Life, The actor, who is a lead character in the hit BBC crime drama set in Yorkshire, spoke on the Graham Norton show about how to ensure the long stint on stage despite having type 1 diabetes.