Jamie Dornan says he is getting too old to pull off his TV show stunts.
Jamie Dornan says he is getting too old to pull off his TV show stunts
The ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ actor, 41, had to tackle a series of daredevil scenes that wrecked his already “dodgy” shoulder during the making of the second series of his hit thriller series ‘The Tourist’, which makes a comeback on the BBC on New Year’s Day.
He told the Irish Post: “I had to hang off a cliff for a long time. I was harnessed but you couldn’t really see it and the whole point of the scene is that I’m hanging there for a comically long period of time.
“So, this does mean to film it, I really was hanging there for a long time, and I have a dodgy shoulder which really paid the price for hanging there for a whole morning.
“That was the most tricky and annoying scene to shoot because I’m an old man and my shoulders don’t work.”
Jamie, who is married to composer Amelia Warner, 41, with whom he has three daughters, is returning in ‘The Tourist’ as Elliot, and it sees him and probationary constable Helen Chambers (played by Danielle Macdonald) continuing to hunt for answers relating to his lost identity.
The Northern Irishman said the drama, which was shot in his homeland, is like a “a Tourism Ireland advert” due to its scenery.
Its first series followed amnesia-stricken car crash survivor Elliot from Northern Ireland who attempts to retrace his life before unravelling a larger mystery, with the action happening while the character is stranded in Australia’s outback.
Jamie said about being an executive producer on the second series of the programme: “It’s been great. It was one of those opportunities that presented itself to me and I was excited to do it.
“It’s also nice to do it in a capacity where I already have the relationship with everyone involved and to come into this realm having already committed so much to the project.
“It’s been nice to have a bit more say over the creative aspects of the show and it’s something I’m proud of.”
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