So that was very important to know. Did you have any upcoming productions that were delayed due to COVID? He lives there and said, ‘Come and see Gwen’ his wife, so we visited him at his lovely penthouse apartment. So it’s just me, Chris Jury and Ian McShane left. I had the opportunity to chat with Kevin about his role on the third season of Unforgotten, which debuted May 1st on the streaming service BritBox, as well as his many roles in American productions and also about what he and his wife, Phyllis Logan (Mrs. Hughes on Downton Abbey) are doing during the coronavirus pandemic. Logan was never married to Paul Pender. We got to travel to the set together and, as I said to him, it was like Bring Your Husband To Work Day.”, To find out more about the support offered for dementia carers visit Dementia UK. BritBox Downton Abbey Kevin McNally Pirates of The Carribean Unforgotten. Before this, she starred in Lovejoy, a BBC comedy-drama that ran from 1986 - … View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. I love doing those and they give me a very good reason for going over and traveling and seeing all of America, not just L.A. and New York. The only difference is that we have more time in England. Last Updated: October 21, 2019. They filmed another season last year and I think they had to break off the [latest] season this year due to the coronavirus, because I keep in touch with Andy Wilson the director, he lives in Denmark and he suddenly had to go back to Denmark. Copyright © 2020 Tribute Entertainment Media Group Which comes as a hell of a shock to you and is certainly more of a shock to the crew than it is for me, who’s usually just in and out, doing two or three days a week, so I don’t complain about that too much. Season 3 of Unforgotten is now playing on BritBox. She fumed: “I was miffed when they didn’t tell me they were offering him a part. So that’s fun, and you learn something. Yeah, not to the extent that my character did, but of course, any similarity in your life, however tenuous that you can have with a character, is most helpful in filling in those gaps and then the bit you don’t have, you research, really. She is an actress, known for Secrets & Lies (1996), Another Time, Another Place (1983) and Downton Abbey (2010). As a father in real life, were you able to relate to that insofar as every parent has a slightly more difficult job after their children become teenagers? The actress also recently provided the voice of Paddington’s housekeeper Mrs Bird — made famous by Julie Walters in the hit films — for a new animated series on Nick Jnr. On the third season of the ITV crime series Unforgotten, about two police detectives who solve cold cases, he played a father whose son is going through a self-identity crisis, which he believes may be linked to the disappearance of a girl many years earlier, whose bones are suddenly found. By Had you seen Unforgotten prior to being cast on it? Sadly, Dudley is no longer with us and Malcolm died several years ago. Going to the beauticians is not a priority for me, as when I'm off work, there is always so much catching up in the house to do. I think the worst thing, just like for anybody really, it’s not having something in your mind where you go, “Oh, I know where this is going.” We don’t know where this is going. I did the first two in a nice recording studio in London but now I’m doing them upstairs in the study. It's true as a woman, particularly: the older you get, the parts get thinner on the ground and not quite as interesting, that's for sure. “He sets up the mic, plugs it in and sends off the memory stick after it’s done. Check out the new DVDs, Blu-rays and streaming shows (Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, BritBox, Acorn and Disney+) coming out this week, including new originals! “I said to him at the time, ‘I don’t come on your Pirate movies and step on your toes.’, “But that really would have been lovely. But also to have that responsibility and to know that you and your partner have this little thing that's totally relying on you - and it made me, I suppose, less selfish. Phyllis would be most recognisable as Mrs Hughes in the ITV smash hit, Downton Abbey. She has been married to Kevin McNally since August 15, 2011. Jul 1, 2014 - Kevin McNally and wife, Phyllis Logan at the Downton Abbey ChildLine Ball. “So I’m going to have to sort that one out.”. Great show, I really enjoyed the first two seasons and I was so happy to hear there’s a third season. Logan at an event for Downton Abbey Cast and Creators, May 2014. You have to know what it is you’re trying to cover and why you’re not being completely frank and why you’re changing the events a little bit. I think it's healthy to say, 'I'm 58 and, do you know what, this is what a 58-year-old woman looks like.'. Not that I was mega-selfish to start with, but it's lovely having that responsibility. She is an actress, known for Secrets & Lies (1996), Another Time, Another Place (1983) and Downton Abbey (2010). 'Downton Abbey' about upper-class posh people: of course it is. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. Particularly because this season, with the other problems or other secrets or other troubles that the characters were having, they all appear to have a motive to be the murderer. It was just really nice to see him again. It also featured as a major plotline in the hit show. Do you bring the whole family with you when you’re working in the States or in Canada? No, but I knew of it, and I knew the writer and the regular actors. And I knew the regulars from various things so it was a very friendly, enjoyable experience for me. Alexandra Heilbron on May 13, 2020 | 1 Comment. Why do people want to kill and maim and pillage? I wish I could have the same impetus. Phyllis said: “It would have been lovely to have done one of the Pirate movies, because my husband queered my pitch by being in Downton Abbey for a few episodes. What memories do you have from filming? Because as you know, my character highly suspects that he did it. Yes, I am a U.S. resident, but that’s sort of meaningless to an actor because I go where the work is and frequently, it’s not in America. Normally I will have five or six cups of tea a day, and if I can have them poured from a teapot, then all the better. . “It was a great coup when they managed to get Ben Whishaw for the series, who, of course, was the voice of Paddington in the movies.”. Sadly, my father died before I graduated, so he didn't see any of the success at all. “So my husband has been my sound engineer because I’ve not been particularly competent in that department. Just before COVID started, this very nice Texan man came over and started to open a real Tex-Mex restaurant, probably one of the few in London. He starred as sailor Joshamee Gibbs alongside Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow in all Actors & Actresses who have been in Dr. Who. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed. It was just something you didn't do. matt.bendoris@the-sun.co.uk, We pay for your stories and videos! Before her iconic role in the global hit, the Scot landed her first major showbiz break as Lady Jane Felsham in the BBC1 series Lovejoy, along with Ian McShane, which ran from 1986 until 1994. I did do four seasons of a series in Virginia but many of the other TV shows that I’ve done have been in Toronto or Vancouver. When somebody's calling you 'Mommy,' it's a wonderful thing. “The more of them we get the better because there are around 700,000 people caring for people with dementia.”. The Scots actress, loved by millions as stern housekeeper Mrs Hughes from the ITV period drama, is married to Bristol-born actor Kevin McNally. Because I came from a small town outside Glasgow, nobody from my school had ever gone into the acting profession. And I certainly am a viewer now. Phyllis has also been helping to promote Dementia UK’s new campaign Lives on Hold — which aims to shine a spotlight on the lockdown which dementia carers face on an ongoing basis, not just during the coronavirus pandemic. But Kevin, 64, also popped up in Downton Abbey back in 2012 as miserable misogynist Horace Bryant. I mean, if I’m there for a very long time, like shooting a series, I’ll get visits from all of them. Graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. They have one child. But did she ever forgive hubby Kevin for trespassing on her Downton patch? To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. |  She says: “When this lockdown ends people will go back to getting a pedicure or going to the pub, but for them it will be just more of the same. She only has one child, son David, with actor Kevin McNally. Something funny. That must be a British Tex mex thing. I am not much of a TV addict, and if I have a day off, and I'm pottering around at home, I will always listen to Radio 4. It's scary. She said: “I think the makers had Mrs Hughes in mind when they hired me, but Paddington is so sweet. Yes, I was about to shoot a small independent film but that’s been delayed now. He starred as sailor Joshamee Gibbs alongside Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow in all FIVE of the big-budget Pirate films.. Of course, [series creator/writer] Chris Lang’s writing is so great and the characters — particularly the guest characters — are so well-rounded and such a joy to play that I was really pleased that they thought of me. What differences do you find between working in the States and working in England? He also played Frank Devereaux on Supernatural and Horace Bryant (the gruff grandfather of Ethel’s illegitimate baby) on Downton Abbey. For other inquiries Contact Us. “She would be throwing out rubbish and getting everything sorted. But that’s the only real difference. “But it was actually great fun. I’m quite bleak about it because I think particularly in our industry it will be a long time before they find ways of getting so many people crammed together to do television production, certainly theatre. And this week I’m going to voice a one-off beautiful CGI documentary by The Smithsonian Channel called Mysteries of the Ice Age Giants. 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He played Joshamee Gibbs in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies; he had a recurring role on the Netflix series Designated Survivor starring Kiefer Sutherland and a regular role on all four seasons of the AMC series Turn: Washington’s Spies, starring Jamie Bell.