The actor James Norton has revealed that he received death threats after playing the villain in the BBC drama series Happy Valley and dismissed rumours that he could be the next James Bond as “mad”.
Norton, who also starred in War & Peace and Grantchester, said his role as Tommy Lee Royce in Happy Valley led to death threats when he was buying milk in his local shop.
“Some people have asked me if I’m worried about getting death threats for exposing how the Russian mafia works.
Playing Tommy Lee Royce, I’d get death threats buying milk in my local shop,” he said.