Hugh Bonneville is portraying former Metropolitan Police detective chief superintendent Brian Boyce in The Gold. The retired detective and his group have been tasked with monitoring down the armed robbers who broke into the Brink's-Mat safety depot close to Heathrow Airport and inadvertently stumbled throughout gold bullion value £26million. The Downton Abbey star spoke completely with and different media about filming the BBC collection and the difficulties concerned with sure scenes.
The crime started as a "typical Outdated Kent Highway armed theft" in response to detectives on the time, nevertheless it grew to become the largest theft in world historical past on the time.
The disposal of the gold united blue and white-collar criminals, helped gasoline the London Docklands property growth and brought about the beginning of worldwide cash laundering on a mammoth scale.
The Gold centres across the South London robbers as they attempt to get away with their crime whereas Brian's policing group makes an attempt to arrest them.
At a press screening for BBC collection, Hugh advised and different publications in regards to the challenges he confronted on set.
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The 59-year-old stated: "I simply wished to select up on the factor in regards to the Eighties."
He highlighted how there have been some points with filming automobile chases and crashes with automobiles from that point interval.
"The vehicles are 40 years outdated and you are attempting to drive them at nice velocity however you're getting plenty of burnt clutches," he defined.
"There have been fairly just a few moments once we needed to stand there wobbling, telling folks to relax."
The Notting Hill star additionally revealed he acquired to satisfy the real-life Brian for a meal collectively.
Hugh shared: "It was nice - I spent an enchanting couple of hours with the actual Brian who's now retired."
The Gold's author Neil Forsyth joined Hugh and Brian to study extra in regards to the particular person behind the key investigation.
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Hugh added: "He was very fascinating, notably about his earlier profession as he grew up in North London.
"He and his mum hid beneath the kitchen desk when there have been bombs and his father hammered into him and dictated to him the moral sense."
"In later life, he was really investigating his personal folks as he wished to be a straight police officer," Hugh exclaimed.
"It was fascinating, it was an actual privilege to satisfy the actual man."
Throughout one level in Brian's profession, he provided his providers freed from cost to Stephen Lawrence's household after being outraged by what that they had suffered.
The teenager was murdered in a racially motivated assault whereas ready for a bus in Plumstead, London.
The Gold lands on BBC One at 9pm on Sunday, February 12.