Dan Stevens appeared to criticise Boris Johnson over Covid breaches in Downing Street during an interview on The One Show.
The actor, 39, is best known for playing Matthew Crawley in Downtown Abbey and The Beast/Prince in Disney's live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. He was featured on the BBC evening chat show to discuss his new political drama Gaslit by US network Starz, which is based on the true events of the 1970s Watergate scandal that led to former US president Richard Nixon resigning.
Mr Stevens plays John Dean, one of the lawyers integral to the case at the time, alongside a star-studded cast including Julia Roberts and Sean Penn. Describing the show, Mr Stevens said: "Well, 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 and... no I'm sorry... that's the intro to Boris Johnson."
