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Television review: Tony Schumacher’s gritty script and Freeman’s unshowy performance gives The Responder its raw-boned power
What a way to take his final curtain. Bernard Hill (pictured), an actor of unmatched power, died yesterday - hours before his final performance aired.
Speaking to BBC Breakfast, The Responder writer Tony Schumacher shared Bernard Hill's response to being offered a role in the drama. It comes after the actor died aged 79.
Playing unhinged head-butting Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff made Hill a legend. But, from Titanic to The Lord of the Rings, his entire 50-year career was outstanding
The actor died in the early hours of Sunday morning.