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Story
It follows Rupert Campbell-Black and Tony Baddingham as they have a long-standing rivalry that comes to a head. Coincidentally, Aidan Turner had previously filmed at Chavenage House (The Priory in Rivals). The same filming location was also used to portray Trenwith House in the 2015 BBC TV adaptation of Poldark. I’m not surprised by the incredibly superficial “whining” from some, “wah wah, Rupert Campbell-Black was blond and blue-eyed”. Well, when I first saw Alex Hassell, I couldn’t believe those eyes, and how he just carried this undercurrent that would bury RCB. He is enormously well cast, and as a fan of all Jilly’s books for 40 years, I have no problem with Mr Hassell. His eyes trump any idea I could have had of who could play Rupert. And that’s quite something for someone to achieve, when the idea of who RCB is, what he looks like and how he acts, has been so ingrained. Very good… I bet Jilly is happy!
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