Bedales educated, Campbell Bower “always gets a tattoo done whenever [he] finishes a film”. This Londoner’s appeared in The Twilight Saga, Sweeney Tood: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and is the great grandson of Sir John Campbell, Lieutenant Governor of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. He was briefly engaged to fellow Harry Potter actress Bonnie Wright and on Twitter declares: “Winter 1988. A woman cries in Hammersmith hospital. Silence, then a childs cry answers. Some say it was divine intervention others a cruel experiment. I am born”. Could there be a novel by tweet in him?
Two stories to keep beside you
Anton Lesser
He’s played everyone from Robin Carrow in BBC Radio 4’s Ambridge Extra to Dr Karl Crabb in BBC One’s Ripper Street. “One of Britain’s leading classical actors”, Birmingham born Lesser has also starred in Game of Thrones, Miss Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean. His distinct accent is indeed one of great gravitas.
Penelope Wilton OBE
Yorkshire born and twice divorced, Wilton is the niece of actor Bill Travers. She’s performed widely but truly came to fame when she appeared alongside Richard Briers in the BBC’s Ever Decreasing Circles in 1984. As Rosemary in Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads 2 and as Mrs Bibby in his The History Boys, she was brilliant […]
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