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Joe Cole, who leads the cast of the upcoming ITV adaptation The Ipcress File<\/a>, has described his iconic character Harry Palmer as \u201cvery different\u201d from Britain\u2019s most famous spy, James Bond.<\/p>\n Set in Berlin in 1963, the new series is inspired by the classic Len Deighton spy novel of the same name, which was previously adapted into the 1965 film starring Sir Michael Caine as the bespectacled Harry Palmer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Asked about why he refers to Harry Palmer as an \u201canti-Bond\u201d, Cole said: \u201cWell, I just read that somewhere, to be honest. Everyone seems to be saying it and they\u2019ve said it since the movie came out. I mean, he\u2019s a detective, he\u2019s a spy, but he is very different.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he\u2019s, you know, he doesn\u2019t have a lot of money. He\u2019s from a working-class background. He\u2019s operating in a different world with different classes. He\u2019s hyper-intelligent and he\u2019s fun, and for me, the most important thing was trying to capture that.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking at a press event attended by RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Cole said he trod a fine line when it came to bringing the Harry Palmer of the book to life, while also making him more palatable to a modern-day audience.<\/p> He explained: \u201cIt was this constant battle of trying to make him not sound like a d**k, [to] make him kind of toe the line between not being facetious, not sarcastic; likeable but also pushing those buttons, but just enough that you don\u2019t immediately turn off.<\/p>\n \u201cWe live in a very different world now. There\u2019s certain things you can\u2019t say. We treat women \u2013 I\u2019d like to think \u2013 a lot more how they should be treated compared to back then. So it\u2019s interesting when you\u2019re playing this material \u2013 there is that kind of balance because you do want to push a few buttons.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd there is an amazing scene in myself and Lucy [Boynton] in the beginning, when I get in the car \u2013 I come out of prison and I\u2019m in the car, and that could have been done in a way that makes Harry come across like a real k***head. Those scenes were some of the most fun, but also some of the hardest.\u201d<\/p>\n Additional reporting by Abby Robinson.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The Ipcress File is coming to ITV this March. Check out more of our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Flora Carr Published: Tuesday, 22 February 2022 at 12:00 am Joe Cole, who leads the cast of the upcoming ITV adaptation The Ipcress File, has described his iconic character Harry Palmer as \u201cvery different\u201d from Britain\u2019s most famous spy, James Bond. 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