Actor Peter Capaldi is known far and wide thanks to his versatile talents. Part of such notoriety comes from the man’s ability to wield a short temper and foul language with the touch of a champ thanks to his time on Armando Iannucci’s dark comedy series The Thick of It. However, when discussing his series Criminal Record, which debuted on the 2024 TV schedule, Capaldi firmly believes that his Apple TV+ character DCI Daniel Hegarty could easily make mincemeat out of his classic character from that dark comedy.
None other than his previous political operative, the ever memorable Malcolm Tucker, is on the hypothetical hit list in this discussion. That knowledge came from when I sat down for the press day for this new series, which sees Peter also acting as an executive producer alongside co-star Cush Jumbo.
None other than his previous political operative, the ever memorable Malcolm Tucker, is on the hypothetical hit list in this discussion. That knowledge came from when I sat down for the press day for this new series, which sees Peter also acting as an executive producer alongside co-star Cush Jumbo.
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00:00Peter, one of your most famous roles is obviously Malcolm Tucker from The Thick of It,
00:04and there's a little bit of that energy with DCI Haggerty, not too much, but like,
00:09especially in episode two, I noticed a little bit of the mannerisms coming out.
00:13Was it ever a concern for you when approaching this performance? And was there ever a moment
00:17that you felt close to maybe tipping into familiar territory?
00:21Well, I've got the same face as Malcolm, and I've got the same hair, and I've still got it,
00:28so one is always going to be haunted by that. Not really, no. I mean, I think,
00:37actually, I think Haggerty would make mincemeat of Malcolm Tucker, to be honest. I think Malcolm's
00:43a lot of bluster, and he's very loud, and he appears to be very angry, but I think Haggerty
00:49would take him to pieces. But Haggerty does have some of Malcolm's energy bubbling away there,
00:56which you can tap into when he needs.