Phillip Schofield’s departure from This Morning is reportedly being given the TV adaptation remedy (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)With rumours swirling the scandals which have rocked This Morning may very well be was a TV drama, the query on everybody’s lips is: who might play Phillip Schofield?
Fortunately, a bookies has carried out some quantity crunching and a transparent frontrunner has emerged: none aside from Happy Valley star James Norton who, by the way, can also be one of many faves to play James Bond.
BoyleSports places James’ probabilities of enjoying the previous ITV presenter at 4/1 adopted carefully by Michael Sheen given his historical past of impersonating outstanding figures in biopics, together with Tony Blair, David Frost, Kenneth Williams and Brian Clough.
Michael is rated a 6/1 probability to play Phillip, 61, with Steve Pemberton (7/1), David Tennant (8/1) and Martin Compston (9/1) additionally making the record of possible contenders.
Jamie Dornan can also be within the mixture of enjoying the ex-Dancing On Ice presenter, at 14/1, whereas it appears to be like unlikely at 50/1 that the ITV exile finally ends up enjoying the function himself.
Lawrence Lyons, a spokesperson for BoyleSports, mentioned: ‘The make-up division must add a number of years to James Norton, however we reckon he might flip his hand to something and we’d count on a blockbuster identify to be the star of the present.’
James is the bookies’ favorite to play Phillip within the drama (Picture: Getty Images)
Martin is the second favorite actor to tackle Schofield (Picture: Prime Video)
Bookies additionally imagine David may very well be within the working (Picture: Getty)Reports recommend a sequence with the working title of The Runner is being lined as much as dramatise Phillip’s exit from This Morning and ITV.
Phillip give up all of his TV initiatives with instant impact after admitting to mendacity about an affair with a runner, describing their relationship as ‘unwise however not unlawful.’
An insider mentioned the rumoured TV present’s storyline ‘will replicate what went on,’ including: ‘People have seen it from the surface however the drama will give a perspective on what could have occurred behind-closed-doors.
Is Martin being thought-about to play Phillip?(Picture: Getty)
Jamie looks like an unlikely contender (Picture: Getty)‘It might make for uncomfortable viewing for Phil and ITV.’
Earlier this Summer (Summer is Here SALE)r, ITV representatives attended a Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the place they have been requested questions on Phillip’s exit from This Morning and the broadcaster.
ITV chief govt Dame Carolyn McCall careworn that she wished to clear up ‘details’ following ‘hypothesis, rumours and misinformation’.
Phillip give up This Morning after admitting to mendacity about an affair (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
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‘The those who have mentioned they knew would solely have heard rumours,’ she claimed in regard to Schofield’s affair with the runner.
‘If any one of many people you referenced had come to us and mentioned there may be proof of a relationship, with proof, we might’ve been capable of launch a proper investigation, as a result of the imbalance of energy and dynamics makes it deeply inappropriate.’
ITV additionally instructed a barrister to conduct an exterior assessment of the details surrounding Phillip’s departure from This Morning.
The findings of the investigation, which is at present underway, shall be made public.
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Since a sequence of bombshell interviews instantly after quitting ITV, Phillip has stored a low profile, though has been noticed out and about in London on uncommon events.
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV.
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