Robert Jackman

‘You should see some of the other scripts that come through’: Robert Carlyle interviewed

The Glaswegian actor discusses Begbie, playing a Tory prime minister and the merits of keeping your head down

Robert Carlyle’s aversion to talking politics has been slightly complicated by his last posting: playing the (fictional) Conservative prime minister Robert Sutherland in the high-budget disaster drama Cobra. Credit: © 2021 Sky UK Limited 
issue 23 October 2021
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