Peter Firth

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(12-11-2010 10:23 AM)harrbd Wrote:  There has been much talk about him losing weight. Does anyone know if he is okay health wise? Also he said on the radio that he doesn't like stage work but has he anything else lined up which may prevent him being in Spooks 10 or playing a smaller part.

He seems to be okay health-wise, I haven't heard anything.

And if I remember correctly, he said in previous interviews that he loves Spooks and would like to keep doing them as long as they still let him.

To me, even though I'm angry at Harry at the moment, he is the backbone of this series. They may have never started out with Harry being the long-time star, but that's what they ended up with. Just like Martin Sheen's character President Jed Bartlett on the US drama The West Wing, the character was never meant to be anything more than background character showing up occasionally, but that all changed when the acting was so amazing that they just kept having him return and soon he became so central to the show that you couldn't see it without him. That's the same as Peter as Harry.

Spooks without Harry Pearce is like the West Wing without President Jed Bartlett.