Happy Valley star Rhys Connah has responded to a fan theory that his character Ryan Cawood will follow in his granny's footsteps by becoming a police officer. The actor has won praise from viewers of the BBC One drama after reprising his role for the third and final series.
The gritty Sally Wainwright drama came to a spectacular end on Sunday night (February 5), nearly 10 years after the writer first introduced fans to Sergeant Catherine Cawood, played by Sarah Lancashire, and villain Tommy Lee Royce, portrayed by James Norton.
Fans had to wait seven years between series two and three as acclaimed television writer Sally waited for Rhys to be old enough to portray Ryan as a teen. "It’s not very often that things like this happen and I’m realising how much easier it probably would have been for everyone involved, just to cast someone like me and make the series two years later," the 16-year-old actor said on Loose Women in his first TV appearance since the finale on Monday (February 6).
