Vicky McClure has opened up about her demanding schedule after reuniting with her Line of Duty co-stars
Actress Vicky McClure has shared her experience of working with her former co-stars Adrian Dunbar and Martin Compston once again.
The trio were last on-screen together six years ago when Line of Duty came to a dramatic end in 2021.
With many fans demanding more instalments from the programme, their calls were answered when the BBC confirmed that the show would come back for a seventh series in 2025.
Now, filming for the upcoming season has officially come to an end with actress Vicky McClure speaking to The One Show presenters on how it was being with Adrian and Martin again, reports the Mirror.
When asked what it was like working together after all this time, Vicky told the BBC presenters it was ‘surreal’.
Although she explained that they’ve kept in touch over the years, which meant it wasn’t unusual to be together, it was ‘weird’ to act alongside one another as they had to be ‘really serious’.
Asked how she maintains composure on-set, given their close friendship, Vicky revealed that the demanding timetable plays a crucial role.
“The schedule is tight,” she confirmed, adding that they didn’t have time to ‘mess about’.
A synopsis for the upcoming series reveals that AC-12 has now been disbanded and rebranded the Inspectorate of Police Standards.
As anticorruption has ‘never been more difficult’ in the challenging climate, the trio are given their ‘most sensitive case so far’.
In the upcoming series, fans will also see Robert Carlyle join the cast as Detective Constable Shaun Massie. His role is described as ‘a Specialist Rifle Officer (SRO) and veteran marksman, operating with Tactical Operations Unit 7 (TO-7) to take down Organised Crime Groups’.
While DC Shaun Massie is a ‘gruff loner’ who keeps himself to himself, things take a turn when his boss, TO-7’s commanding officer DI Dominic Gough (Tom Weston-Jones), is accused of being a sexual predator, which results in Massie’s otherwise detached demeanour changing drastically.
TO-7 will also feature Line of Duty newcomers Laura Aikman as DC Paula Beckman, Levi Brown as DC Luke Tobin, and Amy Leigh Hickman as DC Nira Rashid.
The previous series of Line of Duty is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
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