Arthur Hughes, one of Britain’s most promising young actors, knows a thing or two about baddies after playing Richard III on stage. Indeed, he was the first disabled actor to play the role at Royal Shakespeare Company.
Hughes may be the hero of the glossy new Tudor murder mystery Shardlake, which comes to Disney+ today, but he has been admiring the work of co-star Sean Bean on the show. “Sean Bean’s always been a good baddie, the handsome devil,” he laughs
