{"id":9316,"date":"2021-12-28T14:17:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T13:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1543066"},"modified":"2021-12-28T14:44:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T13:44:07","slug":"jamie-dornan-says-there-were-no-easy-days-on-mad-bbc-drama-the-tourist","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/jamie-dornan-says-there-were-no-easy-days-on-mad-bbc-drama-the-tourist\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Dornan says there were \u201cno easy days\u201d on \u201cmad\u201d BBC drama The Tourist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lauren Morris\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 28 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The Tourist star Jamie Dornan has said there were \u201cno easy days\u201d on set of the upcoming BBC One thriller, adding that he\u2019s never played a character \u201con this sort of scale\u201d before.<\/p>\n

Dornan stars in The Tourist<\/a>, which airs on BBC One on New Year\u2019s Day, as a British man who wakes up in the Australian Outback after a car accident with no memory of who he is or how he got there.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the upcoming drama, Dornan said that his character, The Man, was \u201ca challenge\u201d to play when compared to his previous roles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve played characters who have lost their memory before and are trying to piece things together, but not on this sort of scale and for this long.<\/p>

\u201cHe\u2019s constantly in a battle with himself and with all the information he\u2019s getting, which is pretty much always bad news. That turmoil of having to deal with it, like so much of playing The Man, has been a challenge \u2013 he\u2019s always on edge and confused and so angry all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThere\u2019s never an easy moment, even when he thinks something good is happening, that changes and he\u2019s in a constant state of flux and mayhem.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo as a result, there\u2019s no easy days at the office for me! But that\u2019s been both a challenge and a joy to play and discover this character.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for what he hopes audiences will take away from the show, Dornan said: \u201cThere\u2019s so much TV now, so, you have to do something that keeps its head above that other stuff and stands out for the right reasons \u2013 and this journey is like nothing else.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully the audience are willing to come on this mad journey with us!\u201d<\/p>\n