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Harry Thompson

Dan Stevens One Show: What's he been in and when is Gaslit out in the UK?

Dan Stevens, 39, has caused chaos on the One Show following his hilarious remark about Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The show ’s hosts Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas were left without a word between them, as Stevens launched into his joke.

He was on the show to talk about his new TV series Gaslit, which looks at the infamous 1970s Watergate scandal.

Pretending to describe the new show he said: "What you’ve got is a criminal for a leader who is wrapped in a messy war, embroiled in a stupid scandal and surrounded by ambitious idiots and really should resign.”

He then took a pause.

"I'm sorry, that’s the intro to Boris Johnson," he then added. “I’m so sorry.”

Dan Stevens, dressed in the colours of the Ukrainian flag, caused shockwaves on The One Show with his savage joke about Boris Johnson (BBC)

Jermaine let out a snorting laugh while Alex widened her eyes in shock as the two hosts scrambled to work out what had just gone on.

A scathing gasp could be heard in the background.

Dan, dressed in the colours of the Ukrainian flag, came back around for a cheeky round two later on.

He said: “Watergate is the original scandal that spawned the suffix ‘gate’, from which we get Partygate - and all other stupid scandals.”

What has Dan Stevens been in?

Dan Stevens made a name for himself playing Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey (ITV)

Dan Stevens made his name on the global stage playing Matthew Crawley in ITV ’s hit period drama Downton Abbey between 2010 and 2012.

In 2014, he starred in the American thriller The Guest and Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb where he played Sir Lancelot.

In 2017 he landed the huge role of the Beast and Prince in Disney’s live-action remake of Beauty And The Beast, starring alongside Emma Watson.

Emma Watson starred as Belle and Dan Stevens as the Beast in Disney's live action remake of Beauty And The Beast (SCU)

That same year he played Lorin Willis in the film Marshall, which looks into the life of America’s first Supreme Court Justice, and then as Charles Dickens in The Man Who Invented Christmas.

Between 2017 and 2019 he played Dan Haller in US superhero TV show Legion, before landing a part in Netflix ’s period horror Apostle in 2018.

In 2020 he starred alongside Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams in the comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga.

When is Dan Stevens' new show Gaslit out and what is it about?

Jermaine Jenas almost lost his composure at the unexpected gag on The One Show (BBC)

Dan Steven’s new political thriller Gaslit will see him star alongside the likes of Julia Roberts and Sean Penn as they tell the story of the infamous Watergate scandal, which brought down US president Richard Nixon after his administration's involvement in the break-in of the Democratic National Committee HQ in Washington, DC.

The show is based on the first series of the podcast Slow Burn by Leon Neyfakh. It will be viewable on Starz Play, which can be accessed through Amazon Prime Video, on April 24, 2022.

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