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Thomas Barrow x Duke of Crowborough

The fact that Thomas is gay emerges towards the end of the first episode of the series about life upstairs and downstairs at a grand Edwardian country house.

“Originally there wasn’t a kiss written into the script but it felt there was a point where Thomas would naturally kiss the Duke,” says the actor.

“When I mentioned it to Charlie Cox I said ‘don’t take this the wrong way, I’m not coming on to you...but’, he was like, ‘no, don’t worry about it, I think it would be good’. And it did add an extra dynamic to the scene.

“The thing I loved about this aspect of Thomas is that he’s not a gay character but a character who is incidentally gay, which is how it should be.”

- Rob James-Collier