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Martin Compston has spoken about how ITV\u2019s Our House<\/a> differs from the book on which it\u2019s based, saying that the two are \u201chugely different\u201d.<\/p>\n The four-part thriller, based on Louise Candlish\u2019s novel of the same name, stars Martin Compston and Tuppence Middleton as an estranged couple who discover that their property has been sold to a new family without their knowledge.<\/p>\n Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a> for The Big RT Interview<\/a>, Compston revealed that he intentionally didn\u2019t read Candlish\u2019s novel before filming the project.<\/p>\n \u201cIf it\u2019s a book that\u2019s successful, inevitably you\u2019re going to love bits of the book which then get left out of the script. So we have to be faithful to [script writer Simon Ashdown\u2019s] adaptation, that\u2019s our truth and by all accounts, the way the story is told between the book and our script are hugely different,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I encountered that before, where there was a one of my favourite books, I was very keen to get it made into something and then when I saw the TV script, you just realised how much you can miss when you jump from the novel because you\u2019ve seen inside different characters\u2019 heads and different points of view, which is very difficult to do on screen.\u201d<\/p> He continued: \u201cAnd even when you hear somebody in a monologue, it\u2019s a very hard thing to do, and so you can get away with a lot more in people\u2019s imagination in a novel, which is why people love reading. But when it comes to it, I purposely avoided it.\u201d<\/p>\n Compston added that now he\u2019s completed the project, he \u201cmay go back [to the book]\u201d when he gets time. \u201cIt\u2019s a very well-loved book. Louise [Candlish] was fantastic, she was a great support, she came to set. She wasn\u2019t overbearing and stuff, which must be really difficult when you write something to hand it over to people. She was great.\u201d<\/p>\n While the book and TV show are very different, Compston said that Candlish did give him a few \u201clittle nuggets\u201d of information about his character, Bram, adding: \u201cThe one thing we all really kind of gripped on is that he\u2019s a really good father and you have to really grasp on to that because otherwise, he has no redeeming features and\u00a0 just any little moment we could grab of him smiling, because he could be on this downward depressed spiral for four episodes.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I think it was about making him charming and you could probably see why these women fall for hjm, and then him not being sleazy, you know, I think that that was sort of a key difference for him. This charming guy who\u2019s really good company and then on his part, he could take things too far.\u201d<\/p>\n Additional reporting by Helen Daly.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Our House is available to stream on ITVHub. Check out our Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news, interviews and features or find something to watch with\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/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.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Tuesday, 08 March 2022 at 12:00 am Martin Compston has spoken about how ITV\u2019s Our House differs from the book on which it\u2019s based, saying that the two are \u201chugely different\u201d. 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