#uiky

And so I present to you the top Evans spotting moments of 2024:

Laos (and THAT blue linen shirt...)

2. Exeter College

3. UIKY teaser pics

4. MAMA exhibition in Brixton (ok so we didn't spot him there but it was his photography on display - for possibly the first time in an exhibition(?) - and we got the Pink Tape 😂)

5. Patti Smith concert at Somerset House

6. Backstage with Endeavour friends at Three Men in a Boat

7. HIA read through (aka THAT black t shirt... 🥵)

8. HIA Rehearsal pics

9. Opening Night (aka Hair-gate) and Press Night (the SCRUFF 🥵)

10. HIA post show discussion

11. HIA fan photos and encounters *sigh* (so. much. good. content) AND the live stream (thank you OTT)

12. UIKY press screening and UK release

13. Almeida Theatre rehearsed reading

14. St Catz book launch

15. MacMillan Follow The Stars

Thankfully - after quite a drought - we got lots of great Evans content through the year and got to enjoy some amazing theatre, tv and personal encounter moments.

I'm forever grateful for the friendship, fun and laughter that we share on here - and that I got to meet Shaun this year, and that he was such a wonderful human being.

This content is only for those with strong nerves!

Do you see what's going on with those hands?

Just a few seconds of footage, and I'm starting to blush.

(Watching this without sound gives the best effect…)

Had you worked with Shaun Evans before?

No but he’s so lovely, he’s a really super, kind person, I so enjoyed working with both him and Kevin Doyle. I’d worked with Kevin twice before, so he was a definitive choice for all of us, but I hadn’t worked with Shaun.

There were lots of big conversations about who would play Sweeney, because I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it, but I did feel there would be times when I would be quite vulnerable playing Delia. I hate saying things like that because of course what Delia has been through is horrific and it’s just acting for me, but I was aware that there was nudity and violence in the series, and you don’t want to be filming with an egomaniac in the room. You want to be with someone who is kind, funny and calm, which Shaun is. If you cast a collaborator then you’re going to be respectful of the people you’re playing and do a good job, and Shaun really understood that. It was really easy to do the difficult scenes because Shaun was so easy to work with, and he is also incredibly talented – he was frighteningly accurate as Sweeney.

You like to ensure there is a positive atmosphere on set, even when filming dark material, don’t you?

That’s the way I work – I couldn’t handle being in character all day long, and even though there were lots of heavy scenes to do I didn’t want a heavy atmosphere on set. That’s where Shaun was really sweet, he just got on that bandwagon with me and I’m very grateful to him for that. Whatever story you’re telling, you must be respectful of the people you’re playing of course, and everyone was very focused and brilliant in doing that. But you also have to be respectful of the fact that crews work very long hours, it can often be a very frenetic job and sets can get quite tense. I am really aware that everyone is doing long hours, so everyone should be able to have a nice time at work and a good working environment, I think that’s really important.

(sorrynotsorry)

Am still miffed and feeling cheated that this was the only um, interesting scene/shot from UIKY. You’re a real tease, ITV…

The other thing is the Scouse accent and its wonderful melody... In the last interview, Shaun teased us with the statement that women are put off by his accent (nice try, Evans, but I don’t think anyone bought that…).