Star of new Channel 5 drama The Catch, Jason Watkins has opened up about filming the series during a chat with Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas on BBC’s The One Show. During the interview, he revealed that he found the theme of the drama particularly personal, as he lost his own daughter Maude to sepsis in 2011.
“One always wants to express themselves when they’re an actor,” said 60-year-old Jason, “So along came this script about a regular guy who’d lost a child and how it traumatised him and it’s perhaps a male thing but men try and cope.” He added that he related to his character, Ed, in The Catch as he tries to cope too.
Jason added: “I knew what I was taking on. There were two or three scenes that were very difficult to film but we’re lucky that as actors, we can share our stories.” In the new series, Jason is joined by actors Poppy Gilbert and Aneurin Barnard, who has recently been cast in the new series of Doctor Who, you can read more about that here.
