It was the show that gave 50 Shades star Jamie Dornan his big break as the chilling serial killer and family man Paul Spector. Now he will return to this character for one last final season of The Fall alongside his co-star Gillian Anderson, who plays Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson.
It was touch and go there for a while over whether the show would return for another series given that the last we saw of Spector he was lying in his own blood beside Gibson after being shot. Many also speculated that Dornan's new found success in Hollywood would deter him from returning to the show while Anderson has also been busy with the new series of The X Files.
However, just over one year after season two has finished, the pair have returned to filming in Belfast, and have a few more familiar faces from the Irish acting world joining them including Ruth Bradley, who you may have seen in Rebellion last Sunday as well as in Channel 4's Humans, Aisling Bea (Trollied), and Aidan McArdle (Mr Selfridge, Clean Break). While Krister Henriksson (Wallander), and Richard Coyle (Crossbones) will also be joining the cast.
Series regulars Colin Morgan, John Lynch, Valene Kane, Stuart Graham, Bronagh Waugh, Aisling Franciosi will also be returning.
The Fall’s writer and director Allan Cubitt said; "I’ve been on a very exciting journey over the last five years with Stella Gibson and Paul Spector – the central characters of The Fall – and I’m thrilled.
"Gillian and Jamie have lived and breathed those characters during that time and I’ve been incredibly well-served as both writer and director by their stellar performances. Obviously I don’t want to give anything away about how the third series will end but I can say that I am looking forward to working with both Gillian and Jamie again in the near future!"
No word yet on a transmission date but safe to say it will be mid-to-late 2016 until we get to see the 'sexy serial killer' on our screens again.
What? That's what they call him.
