Poldark star Jack Farthing puffs on a cigarette as he films scenes for new BBC drama Rain Dogs
Jack Farthing was seen in character as he puffed on a cigarette while filming scenes for new BBC drama Rain Dogs in Bristol on Monday.
The actor, best known for playing villain George Warleggan in Poldark, seemed in good spirits as he worked on the new drama, which also stars Daisy May Cooper.
Jack, 36, donned a striped shirt and long grey coat for his role as Selby, a former boarding school boy who is Costello Jones’ (Cooper) loyal soulmate and loving tormentor.
Acting: Jack Farthing was seen in character as he puffed on a cigarette while filming scenes for new BBC drama Rain Dogs in Bristol on Monday
The BBC and HBO production is a wild and punky tale of a mother’s love for her daughter, of deep-rooted and passionate friendships, and of brilliance thwarted by poverty and prejudice.
Told with a dark lick of humour and an anarchic attitude, it follows the Rain Dogs; a makeshift family fed on defiance and chaos, and a deep but complicated love.
The series centres on Costello, a writer and single mother with a rock and roll swagger that appreciates the glamour of the gutter but would do anything to keep her daughter, Iris (Fleur Tashjian) from it.
A release date for Rain Dogs has yet to be announced.
One to watch: The actor, best known for playing villain George Warleggan in Poldark, seemed in good spirits as he worked on the new drama, which also stars Daisy May Cooper
Jack will no doubt be pleased to play another villianous character after making his name in Poldark.
Despite playing a villian, he previously told The Daily Mail’s Weekend Magazine that the public were ‘lovely’ when they recognised him.
He explained: ‘People love to hate, don’t they? I get a lot of people saying, “Ooh! You wrong ’un!” But nobody spits at me or boos me.’
He added: ‘That would sort of be lovely if you had people spitting at you, wouldn’t it? It would mean you had really got under their skin.’
Most recently, Jack starred as Prince Charles in the Princess Diana biopic, Spencer.
Twilight actress Kristen Stewart starred as the late Princess of Wales in the flick which focuses on a weekend in the early 1990s when Diana decided her marriage to Charles was over.
Oxford-educated Jack’s previous credits also include George Balfour in The Riot Club, Andy Dumfries in Official Secrets, starring Matt Smith and Keira Knightley, and Marc Fisher in the Netflix romantic comedy Love Wedding Repeat.
Character: Jack, 36, donned a striped shirt and long grey coat for his role as Selby, a former boarding school boy who is the leading lady’s loyal soulmate and loving tormentor
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