Penny Black's Social World – Hugh Bonneville: Risk assessor?
Hugh Bonneville, best known for his roles as Lord Grantham in Downton Abbey and BBC head of values Ian Fletcher in W1A, has taken on a new role. In his latest film, Paddington – from the producer of the Harry Potter series – Bonneville plays Mr Brown, a risk assessor. It’s not often that risk assessment appears as a subject in a major motion picture, so Tony Dowding went to talk to Hugh about films, risk assessment, insurance and hazards on set.
In the new Paddington movie you play Mr Brown, a risk assessor. How did you prepare for this role?
I spent several months in a blacked out van in Kensington, covertly watching people walking along the
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