Series 5 Casting Updates
Series 5 writer Richard Curtis has revealed that Tony Curran will be playing Vincent van Gogh in his upcoming episode.
Curtis told Bulls-Eye: “Well, we’ve got a brilliant guy playing Vincent van Gogh – which is who it’s about – who you should look up on YouTube. He’s a guy called Tony Curran, who really could not look more like. He’s a wonderful actor who was in this brilliant movie called “Red Road” that came out, a rather serious movie. But he’s going to be great. I’ve had a lot of fun. We start to shoot in about a month.”
It was also announced this week on the Paul O’Grady show that actress Meera Syal will appear in two episodes of the new series. Syal is perhaps best known for her role as Ummi, in The Kumars at No. 42.