James Norton

The actor claims he has empathy for his character, and also called his colleagues Sarah Lancashire and Sally Wainwright "Queens of our industry" as the BBC ...

He explained: "Tommy is the villain of the piece. James has also relished the experience of working with Sally Wainwright, the show's writer, thinking there's an element of "genius" to her writing. I feel immense pity and empathy and I sort of really love him."

The episode, written by creator Sally Wainwright, saw Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) have a showdown with a wounded Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton) around ...

I feel immense pity and empathy and I sort of really love him.” He thinks, ‘s***, I’ve wasted my life and if I had a different childhood maybe I could have been something in me.’ “I recognise that there are absolutely despicable acts, which he has committed along the way. [here](http://independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/happy-valley-finale-spoilers-ending-b2276429.html), and a feature detailing why Happy Valley is one of Britain’s greatest-ever cop dramas [here](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/how-did-happy-valley-end-bbc-b2276451.html). [GQ](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/happy-valley-finale-james-norton-interview): “There is this constant question ‘is Tommy a psychopath?’ and I have talked about this with people in the production and Sally and Sarah. [James Norton](/topic/james-norton) has highlighted a callback to the first series of [Happy Valley ](/topic/happy-valley)featured in the final episode.

CONTAINS SPOILERS: The Happy Valley actor, who plays villain Tommy Lee Royce in the smash-hit BBC drama, has been sharing his memories of working on the ...

Moving on to Happy Valley series 2 and Tommy returned to prison for the crimes he committed in the first series. The actor also shared a short clip of getting his head shaved for the role. The first series of Happy Valley dealt with the kidnapping Ann Gallagher (Charlie Murphy). James then shared more photos of filming the first series. Captioning the first of several posts, James wrote: "Dropping some Happy Valley nostalgia before the finale on Sunday…these were taken nearly 10 years ago…" Overnight viewing figures have shown that 11 million people flocked to their TV screens to witness the final showdown of Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) and Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton).

After his recent success in Happy Valley as the explosive Tommy Lee Royce, James Norton has added himself to the line-up of potential James Bond candidates.

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Happy Valley actor James Norton has revealed a detail nobody would have noticed about THAT intense kitchen scene between Tommy Lee Royce and Sergeant ...

Following the finale, which James told GQ he planned to watch like the millions of others who tuned in to see the last episode, the 37-year-old kept it simple by posting a sign-off on Instagram. What they did was they built a whole kitchen in a studio, because I think it would be hard pushed to go and ask the owner of the house 'do you mind if we just exploded a human being in your kitchen?'" And James revealed how the "amazing" art department built a replica of the exact room in a studio. Despite his unsuspecting emotion, his buttons were still pressed by an unforgiving Catherine, leading Tommy to douse himself in petrol, giving Catherine a choice to Taser him and end it all. Everyone [in production] knows it is this massive scene in the schedule, but it wasn’t even said," he The third and final series, which started on New Year's Day, saw Tommy still in prison but no one could have predicted what was to come as he found himself in court for a historic murder. And it wasn't long before a bloody battle soon ensued with Tommy the only survivor. "It was shot quite late on in the shoot. Tommy was found by Catherine sitting at her kitchen table having just taken a load of pills. However, the pair did end up having an emotional showdown after Catherine was alerted to a smashed window at her home. In nail-biting scenes, viewers watched Tommy close to being bumped off by mob boss Darius Knezevic as his henchman arrived to silence him for good. Viewers were first introduced to Catherine, played by Sarah Lancashire, and her recent complicated history back in 2014.

They include photos of other cast members including Sarah Lancashire, who played Sergeant Catherine Cawood. The final ever episode, shown last night, has ...

James Norton, who played Tommy Lee Royce, has been posting some snaps from over the past three series on his One of the stars of Happy Valley has been sharing some fascinating behind the scenes shots from the hugely popular drama. Happy Valley: 16 behind the scenes photos from James Norton who played Tommy Lee Royce