![]() ![]() Whelan was in the early stages of pregnancy with her new baby – who was born six weeks ago – when she got the job on The Tower. But it’ll be interesting to see people’s reactions to it.” I think you could quite possibly argue that 99 per cent of them are good and doing their job. It’s not something new to our understanding of the police force. because it’s based on Kate’s books and she was a detective and clearly it goes on. There is corruption being addressed in the show. “Trust in the police is not high at the moment, is it?” says Whelan. There was the wife of Lord Altrincham in The Crown the cousin who testified against Jeremy Bamber in a murder trial in White House Farm Carolyn’s needy, “hyper-empathetic” daughter in Killing Eve and detective constable Eunice Noon in The End of the F***ing World. But she has quietly carved out a niche for herself in the years since playing hard-nosed women in other acclaimed series. Whelan played the part so well – all furrowed brows and withering stares, when she wasn’t in all-out combat – that to many fans she’ll forever be associated with that role. The sole daughter in a family of cruel men, she was swaggering and salty, a brusquely intimidating warrior from whose shadow her brother Theon (Alfie Allen) could never emerge. Of course, Yara was too busy slitting throats and slaughtering soldiers to find the time to wash. “I didn’t look dissimilar from my character – I was dirty and sweaty and red.” Just last week, she was “absolutely dripping with sweat after my attempt at a 5k after having a baby” when she was asked for a selfie by a fan. It’s probably to do with the fact that her Game of Thrones character, Yara Greyjoy, was usually coated in a thin layer of dirt. The worse Gemma Whelan looks, the more she’s spotted. The two run-throughs of the show will be held on the afternoons of Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th October at the Soho Theatre.‘I want to do what Olivia Colman did’ (Getty) ![]() The producers say: "Join Chastity for chat and entertainment as she invites a celebrity guest and members of the public to have a good old chin wag." Merton Show in inviting real celebrity guests to chat with a comedy character. The Chastity Butterworth Show would follow on from the likes of The Mrs. Trial run-throughs of The Chastity Butterworth Show will take place in London later this month, aimed at developing a pilot for BBC Two or BBC Three. Last year Chastity Butterworth appeared on TV screens in BBC Three's comedy showcase show Live At The Electric. In 2010 she won the Funny Women Variety Act title for her work as the character, and she has performed two full runs at the Edinburgh Fringe in 20. Whelan has been appearing as Chastity Butterworth in live shows for a number of years now. Played by Game of Thrones and Mapp & Lucia star Gemma Whelan, Chastity Butterworth is described as a woman who has "all the manners and mores of the stereotypical English upper class woman, whilst at the same time firing off a series of classic on-liners and being on a massive come down from some serious class A drugs". ![]() Copyright: Avalon TelevisionĪ TV chat show format for the comedy character Chastity Butterworth is in development. ![]()
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