{"id":39614,"date":"2023-11-13T22:03:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T21:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1925036"},"modified":"2023-11-13T22:07:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T21:07:42","slug":"archie-star-jason-isaacs-this-is-about-archie-leach-not-cary-grant","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/archie-star-jason-isaacs-this-is-about-archie-leach-not-cary-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Archie star Jason Isaacs: \u2018This is about Archie Leach, not Cary Grant\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“It\u2019s about a damaged man, who created an avatar so people couldn\u2019t see how damaged he was.” <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 13 November 2023 at 21:00 PM<\/p>

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If you heard there was a new drama coming to ITVX called Archie<\/a>, you would be forgiven for being confused when you realised it was a dramatisation of the life of film icon Cary Grant.<\/p>\n

This is because Grant was born Archibald Alexander Leach, and only became Cary Grant in later life \u2013 with the series set to explore his former self, according to star Jason Isaacs.<\/p>\n

Speaking in the new issue of Radio Times magazine<\/strong>, Isaacs said: \u201cWhen I was offered the role, I thought I ought to run a million miles in the other direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cCary Grant was dazzlingly suave, a lady-killer and beloved by the entire world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen I read the script and realised this was about Archie Leach, not Cary Grant. It\u2019s about a damaged man, who created an avatar so people couldn\u2019t see how damaged he was.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jason Isaacs as Cary Grant in Archie.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV Studios for ITVX<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Isaacs continued: \u201cHe got the whole world to love him, but he was riddled with anxiety and addiction. He destroyed his first four marriages \u2014 and almost every other relationship, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe only found peace when he gave it all up, and realised it wasn\u2019t the adulation of the world he wanted. He needed to love himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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