The Crown's Charles Dance left 'sobbing his guts out' after nightmare role

EXCLUSIVE: The Crown's Charles Dance left 'sobbing his guts out' after nightmare roleCurrently filming the second series of The Day of the Jackal, as he approaches 80, Charles is showing no sign of slowing down. He tells of the time he was injured on set3amMarc Baker and Hannah Britt, Senior Reporter Mirror Features14:57, 03 Apr 2026Updated 09:01, 06 Apr 2026View 6 ImagesDad-of-three Charles Dance has had film and TV roles in everything from Last Action Hero to The Imitation Game, Bleak House, Game of Thrones and The Crown(Image: Samir Hussein/WireImage)As financier Timothy Winthrop in The Day of the Jackal, Charles Dance plays the Jackal’s employer. But while, at 79-years-old he is a vastly more experienced actor than Eddie Redmayne, 44, who plays the assassin, he would never tell his younger colleague what to do. Charles says: “Christ, no! I would not dream of doing that. Not at all. Certainly not with someone like Eddie. He is terrific and very bright. He is utterly believable.”‌Currently filming the second series of the Sky Atlantic spy drama, set in Budapest and adapted from the Frederick Forsyth novel, as he approaches 80, Charles is showing no sign of slowing down. Based in Islington, north London, the actor, whose partner is Italian production manager and former actress Alessandra Masi, made his name playing Guy Perron in the 1984 TV series The Jewel in the Crown.‌Since then, the dad-of-three has had film and TV roles in everything from Last Action Hero to The Imitation Game, Bleak House, Game of Thrones and The Crown. And, of course, there was his James Bond moment, playing Claus, a menacing blond henchman and assassin, working for the villain Aris Kristatos in For Your Eyes Only with Roger Moore.‌READ MORE: Ryan Gosling's rare insight into family life as he shares young daughter's adviceSeen competing against 007 on the ski slopes, Charles says: “Roger was wonderful and an absolute gent. I had one line in the Bond movie which John...