{"id":24294,"date":"2022-10-21T15:32:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T13:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1726381"},"modified":"2022-10-21T16:19:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T14:19:23","slug":"richard-armitage-spooks-scene-inspired-nicola-walker-audiobook-casting","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/richard-armitage-spooks-scene-inspired-nicola-walker-audiobook-casting\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Armitage: Spooks scene inspired Nicola Walker audiobook casting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 21 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The Hobbit and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/the-stranger-netflix-release-date-cast-plot-trailer-richard-armitage-creators-of-safe\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Stranger<\/a> star Richard Armitage is no stranger to voice work, but his most recent audiobook is a project which is an entirely new venture for the actor \u2013 he is not only starring in the audio drama, but he has also written it.<\/p>\n<p>Armitage\u2019s <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/audiobooks\/richard-armitage-debut-book-geneva-newsupdate\/&quot;\">audiobook is Geneva<\/a>, an Audible exclusive thriller which<span class=\"&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;\">\u00a0<\/span>follows Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sarah Schaffer and her husband Daniel, who become entangled in a high stakes game after travelling to Switzerland for a vital conference<\/p>\n<p>Sarah is voiced by Nicola Walker, with the project making for a Spooks reunion with Armitage, after the pair starred in that BBC show as Ruth Evershed and Lucas North.<\/p>\n<p>Armitage spoke about his new audiobook exclusively with <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>, and it turns out that the pair\u2019s Spooks played an even bigger role in Walker\u2019s casting than it might have originally seemed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">An unmissable debut thriller written and narrated by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RCArmitage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@RCArmitage<\/a>. The real question on your lips after listening to this audiobook is how far would you go for someone you love? Listen now here: <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/s9x4n04n7X&quot;\">https:\/\/t.co\/s9x4n04n7X<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/L50dAJHJZh&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/L50dAJHJZh<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Audible UK ???? (@audibleuk) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/audibleuk\/status\/1583141074540691458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">October 20, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Armitage said: \u201cIt\u2019s interesting, because there were quite a few names being thrown around. And Audible were so brilliant to me, they said \u2018you can choose your reader\u2019. But I also felt like, and I feel this about anything that I\u2019m developing, I have to slightly step back from it because otherwise you just end up hiring your friends. And I wanted the best person for the role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when her name came up, it was literally in the same week that I had written a scene which in retrospect was a subliminal recall of a scene I\u2019ve actually played with Nicola in Spooks where she\u2019s tied up and drugged at the end of Lucas North\u2019s story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd when I saw Nicola\u2019s name on the page, I was like \u2018that\u2019s serendipity\u2019, because I\u2019d literally just had her face in my head, accidentally. So I thought she was going to be perfect. And so I said \u2018I\u2019d be happy with this selection\u2019, and then it just so happened that it was Nicola so I was really thrilled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s such an actor of gravity, I thought she\u2019ll be perfect for this role and she will make it her own. So I felt very honoured that she said yes.\u201d<\/p> <p>Armitage is also set to star in an upcoming <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming\/netflix\/&quot;\">Netflix<\/a> series Damage, which also features Charlie Murphy and Indira Varma and is based on the 1991 novella of the same name from Josephine Hart.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span lang=\"&quot;EN-US&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;searchHighlight&quot;\">Geneva <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"&quot;EN-US&quot;\">is available exclusively on now and is <span class=\"&quot;none&quot;\">free for Audible Plus members or free to download with <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/hz\/audible\/mlp?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Audible\u2019s 30-day trial<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"&quot;1\"><strong>Looking for something to watch? Check out our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"&quot;1\"><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-safelink=\"&quot;true&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Hibbs Published: Friday, 21 October 2022 at 12:00 am The Hobbit and The Stranger star Richard Armitage is no stranger to voice work, but his most recent audiobook is a project which is an entirely new venture for the actor \u2013 he is not only starring in the audio drama, but he has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":24295,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/richard-armitage-spooks-scene-inspired-nicola-walker-audiobook-casting.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/richard-armitage-spooks-scene-inspired-nicola-walker-audiobook-casting-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/richard-armitage-spooks-scene-inspired-nicola-walker-audiobook-casting-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/richard-armitage-spooks-scene-inspired-nicola-walker-audiobook-casting.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/richard-armitage-spooks-scene-inspired-nicola-walker-audiobook-casting.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/richard-armitage-spooks-scene-inspired-nicola-walker-audiobook-casting.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/richard-armitage-spooks-scene-inspired-nicola-walker-audiobook-casting.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By James Hibbs Published: Friday, 21 October 2022 at 12:00 am The Hobbit and The Stranger star Richard Armitage is no stranger to voice work, but his most recent audiobook is a project which is an entirely new venture for the actor \u2013 he is not only starring in the audio drama, but he has&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/24294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}