Lewis Howden, who performs Sgt Billy McCabe within the BBC thriller collection, shared an amusing anecdote a couple of time he starred alongside a Shetland co-star again within the 90s
A Shetland star has revealed that he “in all probability scarred” his TV colleague for all times throughout an incident within the ’90s, as he opened up about the way forward for the BBC present. Talking in a latest interview, Lewis Howden, who performs Sgt Billy McCabe within the well-liked thriller collection, has shared a revelation a couple of fellow Shetland star, whom, because of the amusing incident, he described as a “poor lady”.
Lewis returned this month for the tenth collection of Shetland, eponymously named after the distant Scottish archipelago, alongside different such acquainted names as Alison O’Donnell (who performs Alison ‘Tosh’ McIntosh) and Steven Robertson (Sandy Wilson).
But, plainly he has a historical past with one specific star that goes means again. The truth is, it pre-dated Shetland by “many years” and concerned a humorous-sounding incident that concerned a “tub on stage”.
Informing Lewis that co-star Ashley Jensen, who portrays DI Ruth Calder, had disclosed that they as soon as starred collectively as a married couple in a play, {a magazine} requested him if it was “good” to affix forces as soon as once more.
In a stunning admission about their time collectively, Lewis instructed TV Instances: “That is proper; the poor lady needed to give me a shower on stage! It is in all probability scarred her eternally, however fortunately, she nonetheless talks to me!
“We hadn’t labored collectively in many years, after which abruptly, we have been each in Shetland, which was nice. It is all the time thrilling being in scenes along with her.”
Lewis additionally weighed in on a few of his best-loved roles from over time, noting that he attended drama school “purely” for stage appearing, so a lot of his favourites have, after all, been theatre roles.
Regardless of this, he views his efficiency because the BFG (one in all legendary youngsters’s creator Roald Dahl’s creations) as “simply as vital” as taking part in Macbeth in William Shakespeare’s traditional ‘Scottish Play’.
In a comment about the way forward for Shetland, Lewis added: “After all, when anyone asks you what your favorite half is, the actor-y factor to say is, ‘The following one’. That is likely to be Billy – I do not know but if we’re going once more subsequent 12 months; that is above my pay grade.”
Lewis has been a part of the present because it launched again in 2013, however this newest season represents a change of tempo for him. Certainly, he is reportedly frolicked on location, reasonably than the studio the place he usually shoots his workplace scenes.
He instructed the BBC again in October: “A lot to my shock and pleasure I filmed a scene outdoors the police station in Lerwick again Season 4, which concerned Billy having a wee tea break and had a chat with Perez as he was leaving.
“I had a good time, and it put an finish to the teasing I acquired from everybody for being the one left behind in Glasgow whereas they’re away on location!”
Lewis added that it had been “fantastic” to get pleasure from a while on the breathtaking Scottish isles, noting how the “teasing can lastly cease”.
