Richard Armitage has reunited with his Spooks co-star, Nicola Walker, for his debut thriller audiobook, Geneva - so it's not surprising that many are hoping for an on-screen reunion in the near future.
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The pair, who starred alongside each other on BBC crime drama, teamed up to narrate Richard's psychological thriller, which has already garnered so much attention.
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"It's interesting because when it came to deciding on who to read, I wanted to take a step back and let Audible come up with some ideas. When Nicola Walker's name came up as a suggestion, it was perfect," Richard exclusively told HELLO!.
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"I had written a scene in the book based on a very old memory of a scene that I played with Nicola in Spooks. It was the end of the Lucas North storyline, where he's tied her up and she's drugged in a hostage situation. They were supposed to be allies. I allowed that memory to sort of come into the writing.
"When Audible said Nicola as the reader, I just thought this is brilliant because I'd been thinking about her during the writing process."
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Heaping praise on his former co-star, Richard added: "I love her work and I think she's such a brilliant actress. I knew that she would make the character just real.
"I wanted it to be relatable so I wrote this in first person, just so it sounds like someone is just reading a diary to somebody. She's the perfect companion to this."
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Asked whether fans could see the pair unite on-screen – perhaps for the drama adaptation for Geneva – the 51-year-old star divulged: "If anybody jumps on the opportunity to make Geneva into a TV miniseries, then I would be like, 'Nicola, are you busy?' I would love to work with her again. I think she is extraordinary."
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Although Richard hopes to write a sequel to Geneva, a drama adaptation would be the perfect opportunity to see his characters come to life.
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"I'm going to wait and see what the response is, but I'm certainly going to put it under the noses of some people that I've worked with and say, 'What do you think?'" he said. "I wrote this with that in mind. I've got some good allies in the industry now and I've got a production company of my own. It would be amazing, and it would make a brilliant miniseries."
The star added: "I love where I set it because I wanted somewhere spectacular and slightly off the beaten track. I think Switzerland is an interesting country because it's a sort of independent country in the middle, it's landlocked, and it has a high altitude. I just thought that would be a great place to start a drama."
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