Political scandals, homosexuality, BBC presents three more high-scoring episodes

Roderick 2022-09-11 19:30:35

Recently, the British drama has been incredible again. The former scripter's acting "Melrose" has not been finished yet. Then, the BBC released a star-studded three-episode film——

"British Scandal"

The title of the show alone has satiated the appetite, and it satisfies people's curiosity very much.

However, this is by no means a headline party, and the content is absolutely worthy of the title of this drama that has risen to the national level.

"British Scandal" is based on the true story of Jeremy Thorpe, the former Liberal leader and the youngest leader of a British political party in a century, and the show is about the sex scandal that happened to him

Sex scandals are more likely to collapse than other scandals. Even now, Hollywood male stars have fallen one after another because of sex scandals, and Jeremy Thorpe lived in the late 1960s. man, and he was involved in a same-sex scandal.

At that time, the United Kingdom had just decriminalized homosexuality, and the whole society was still very secretive about it. And as a rising star in the political arena, Jeremy is precisely 80% of the same sex.

It was because of this that he owed a love debt that would later ruin his political career—a young man named Norman Scott became a secret that Jeremy must never mention.

For his increasingly brilliant future, Jeremy tried every means to cover up this love story, but in the end, it was revealed, and he became the first British politician to be tried for murder, and his gay identity was also known to the public.

Such a story, if placed in the United States, would become a "House of Cards" with tricks and viciousness, but for the British, there is less darkness and more British humor.

So the question is, who can play such a story of political intrigue, homosexuality and British humor?

Next, we will introduce the most anticipated super cast lineup of the show.

Jeremy is played by Uncle Hugh - Hugh Grant, speaking of Uncle Hugh, the most charming thing is his British aristocratic temperament, and the gentleman's demeanor that seems to be a bit of a flower, which also made him once a global woman. public lover.

He once starred in "Notting Hill" with Julia Roberts, which made him a fire for a while. Later, he played the role of the prime minister in "Love Actually", which is very sweet, and then it may be many people's recent memory of him "BJ's Single Diary".

Choosing Uncle Ke or Uncle Hugh was a problem that plagued Lulu for a long time.

However, over the years, Uncle Hugh's acting career is indeed not wide, and there are always people complaining that he is still playing innocent men and love scenes at his age, spinning around in place and not thinking about progress.

However, the good news is that Uncle Hugh, 58, finally ushered in "British Scandal".

As early as 1987, Uncle Hugh, who was at the peak of his appearance, played the gay character Cliff in one of his masterpieces, "Morris".

Today's Uncle Hugh, although his face is full of folds, but he has maintained a proper figure for many years so that he still looks handsome, and he is not afraid of picking up a guy or two, and his eyes are among his most iconic drooping eyes. In a turn, there is the astuteness and cunning of politicians.

It can be said that this casting is very suitable.

And the role of his little lover, Norman, can no longer be played by Ben Whishaw.

Ben Whishaw, who had raised 13 cats at home, was naturally called "Ben Meow" because of his slender body and soft voice.

This may also have something to do with his public coming out in 2013 and marrying a same-sex lover in Sydney in August 2012.

Of course, Ben Miao's masterpiece cannot miss "Perfume", but his focus is mostly on stage plays, and he is also recognized by the industry as a genius-level new-generation actor.

Lu Lu's recent impression of him comes from a pure monologue short drama "Queer People". Ben Meow is the first to appear, playing a soldier with a beard, quietly telling his forbidden love. At the end of the story, Bring tears to your eyes.

This time, he played the role of Norman in "British Scandal", a very frail and helpless girl wearing a floral shirt and leggings. It's hard to be sure that he is a little bit of his true character.

It was these two people who staged a scene from seduction to boating to anti-target homosexuality. It took only one episode to go from sugar to fight. The rhythm can be said to be quite fast.

As soon as the two met, Norman was locked up by Jeremy.

The high-ranking Jeremy came to the stable and saw the beautiful Norman working here. He couldn't move his small eyes immediately. He chased after others and talked desperately, and gave Norman a business card when he left. If you want Norman to go to London, be sure to contact him.

It seems that the methods of flirting with men and picking up girls are similar.

A year later, Norman really came to see Jeremy. As soon as Jeremy heard his name, he even ran and jumped, and his posture was similar to when we were children when we didn't walk well on the way to school.

Norman said that he has a mental illness, so he needs to take medicine constantly, but Jeremy is pampered when facing such a piece of fresh meat.

Soon, Jeremy took Norman to stay at his mother's house. He found the collision very exciting, and on the first night, he sneaked into Norman's room with a can of indescribable paste. .

First relatives, and then called "Little Tutu", Norman cried at that time.

After calming down, Jeremy taught Norman's posture succinctly, and opened Norman's new "chrysanthemum" towards his mother's room.

In the picture at that time, even the dog by the bed covered its eyes.

In the hot stage, no one could do without him, so Jeremy took Norman to London and rented a house to raise him.

Jeremy often wrote Norman letters, which were quite explicit, using post-it notes from work and signed his real name.

Remember these letters, which later became Jeremy's heartbreak.

The two people's love period was very short, and soon Norman began to become emotionally unstable, taking drugs and drinking, and Jeremy also began to leave business cards for other little fresh meat.

The conflict between the two intensified, and after a big fight, Norman left with his luggage.

That night, he came to the police station and turned himself in, reporting his relationship with Jeremy. These transcripts were uploaded layer by layer and eventually locked in the MI5 cabinet.

It didn't take long for Norman to send a full disclosure letter to Jeremy's mother. Although her mother didn't believe it, Jeremy panicked and thought Norman was an extremely unstable threat.

He sent his subordinate Bethel to warn Norman in Ireland that he must use all his strength to scare him. And the soft-hearted Bethel promises to give Norman the money and tell him to stop bothering Jeremy.

The innocent Norman believes that he has been loved by Jeremy, and he has no other demands than to get a new social security card, so that he can start looking for a job again and start a new life.

But it was this social security card that became a major fuse for the subsequent tragedy of the two.

Jeremy was reluctant to give him a social security card. By chance, Norman got together with the owner of a clothing store. Under her introduction, he began to become a clothing model and shoot various magazine covers, which made him shine for a while. .

During this period, Jeremy's career was booming. In order to get a higher approval rate, he chose to get married and had a child a year later, because people thought that bachelors without families could not be trusted.

Both parties forgot their social security cards, but soon, Norman became addicted to nightclubs and alcohol, dark circles fell to the corners of his lips, he was out of work, late and absent, and his girlfriend fired him in a fit of anger.

Unemployed Norman, with nowhere to go, reached Jeremy's house on the phone and told his wife about his relationship with Jeremy.

Although the wife did not mention it again after she spoke, her spirit was severely damaged, and she had nightmares every night, and died in a car accident soon after.

At this time, Jeremy has begun to have the idea of ​​killing Norman.

While planning was in progress, Norman got married, and despite the fact that the bride's father humiliated Norman for being gay at the wedding, the two got married.

Jeremy breathed a sigh of relief, but it didn't take long for Norman's wife to leave Norman with the child because the house couldn't open the pot.

Norman got into trouble again, and Bethel gave him some money, he bought an RV, and wandered around. He came to a village, met a widow who came to the door, and told the widow all this.

When the widow heard it, I have a relative who is from the Liberal Party. I will take you to find him.

The widow's relatives are trying to bring down Jeremy's opponent. Everything was in jeopardy, but in the end, because there was no evidence, Jeremy escaped.

Within two years, Jeremy remarried, and his career was a stressful time.

Norman returned to North Devon and found a new stable to live and work.

By chance, the two met.

This meeting made Jeremy completely uneasy. He sent his subordinates to find someone to kill Norman, but the killer was too stupid. Just escaped.

This time, Norman completely exposed Jeremy, and Jeremy finally stood in the dock.

Jeremy mentioned that the first lesson in political science is to watch out for your colleagues.

And he may have forgotten another lesson: don't trust the little killers your subordinates are looking for on the street.

And the most important lesson, what he should reflect on himself is that if he wants to do great things, he must not have black material, and he must treat everyone with trepidation and friendliness, otherwise, the higher you climb, those who have been hurt by you. People, the more they will become time bombs buried in your future.

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  • Dewayne 2022-04-18 09:01:20

    Flirty and smooth, cheerful and unrestrained, and the screenwriter of "Cucumber", even the style of painting is exactly the same. Change the historical events to the comedy line, and the BBC's desire to survive is also very strong 23333333. The feminine meow is so demonic, "very very very very very" I'm going to be infected by Uncle Hugh...

  • Nickolas 2022-04-21 09:03:53

    Norman laughs and says Bunny is his nickname and he loves it