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Andrew Scott feels the Pressure as 'unsung hero' in WW2 thriller
Andrew Scott plays chief meteorological adviser James Stagg, who advised General Eisenhower during World War Two
Andrew Scott says he loved the challenge of his latest acting role in the film Pressure, as the meteorologist key to the success of World War Two's D-Day - the largest seaborne invasion in history.
“Group Captain James Stagg may not have been the most charming person, but I think he had a huge amount of humility in the face of nature. And that's one of the themes I think of the film," Scott tells the BBC.
"He appeared to me to be an extraordinarily interesting cinematic character, as well as an unsung hero from history."
Stagg played a crucial advisory role when US General Dwight D Eisenhower invaded Normandy, laying the foundations for the Allied victory in World War Two.
"It was a wonderful part to play," he says, while painting a mixed picture of Stagg, calling him "very chilly", while also "forthright, direct, obsessed with weather - and not afraid to speak truth to power".
Stagg isn't a traditional war hero, something Scott clearly relished sinking his acting teeth into.
"I really enjoyed the way that Stagg was not interested in ingratiating himself with anybody," he told BBC Culture correspondent David Sillito, calling him "a real fish out of water in this situation".
The actor's other starring roles couldn't be more different, including romantic fantasy film All of Us Strangers, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe, plus his memorable "hot priest" in TV's Fleabag and the menacing Jim Moriarty in Sherlock, for which he won a Bafta. His award-winning stage roles include Vanya and Present Laughter.
In Pressure, Stagg is thrown into a high-stakes furnace of egos. He has to work with a team of meteorologists who robustly and publicly disagree with each other.