Tom Durant-Pritchard as Alexander Blake and Kate Phillips as Eliza Scarlet in Miss Scarlet.
Sefer Zolak; Miss Scarlet Limited is a masterpieceSeason 5 of Miss Scarlett He is all about change, but is a newbie Tom Durant Pritchard It's just like us rooting for Eliza Scarlett to find her happily ever after.
“We all need love, you know what I mean?” Durant Pritchard, 37, said exclusively Us Weekly While playing he is shy about whether his character is new Scotland Yard Inspector Alexander BlakeHe will be a new love interest for private investigator Eliza (Kate Phillips).
The actor replaces Stuart Martin's Inspector William Wellington He is also known as The Duke in the upcoming season of PBS Masterpiece Mystery, which premieres Sunday, January 12. (Early release begins streaming December 8, 2024, on the PBS app and the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video channel.)
Unlike William, who had been in love with Eliza for years before taking a job in New York City at the end of Season 4, Blake has no love for private investigators. However, this distaste for Eliza's career may be short-lived, according to Durant-Pritchard.
Courtesy of Miss Scarlet Limited and MASTERPIECE The Duke is no longer part of Miss Scarlet's crew, but newcomer Tom Durant-Pritchard is hoping his character, Inspector Alexander Blake, can fill the void. Why should fans give him a chance? “I think it's for a number of reasons,” Durant Pritchard, 37, exclusively told Us Weekly about[…]
He said: “Blake doesn't want any of the lead detectives working for Scotland Yard, but there's something classic with Miss Scarlett which is that you can't deny that she's very good at her job.” we. “And Blake is a sensible man and appreciates the fact that as much as he doesn't want Lady Scarlett involved in any of the cases, she's too good to ignore.”
“So he reluctantly has to let her participate,” he joked.
While the two head straight out of the gate — during the premiere, they meet on a tough case involving stolen goods — Durant-Pritchard made it clear that they have some things in common that could bond them.
“He has gone through his own grief that is different from Miss Scarlett,” the Season 5 star shared. “But they find each other while they're in their company. They need each other somehow.”
Durant Pritchard noted that there is a “reluctance” to “engage” with Blake and Eliza when he first comes to town but that this changes as the seasons progress.
“You see a kind of friendship building. There's something between them as much as they don't want it to happen. There's a relationship building.”
Durant-Pritchard explained that although Eliza wants a clean break from William – fans will see how The two officially part ways during the Season 5 premiere Healing from heartbreak “is never that simple.”
The English actor revealed that Eliza's feelings from season four “will feed into what happens in season five.” When it comes to how she connects with Blake and works her way into more cases, Durant-Pritchard said it will come down to proving herself on the job.
Kate Phillips as Eliza Scarlet in Miss Scarlet.
Sefer Zolak; Miss Scarlet Limited is a masterpiece“There are some amazing cases that are quite big and require a lot of brain power,” he said. “And the bond that Blake and Ms. Scarlett have to form to solve those issues, they kind of let the past stay in the past and they have to start building their own relationship and the future between them.”
Durant Pritchard has remained somewhat coy about whether Blake and Eliza's dynamic will become romantic — but he hasn't completely ruled it out.
“You would expect two single people in a state of heartbreak, going about their business the best they can,” he said. we. “And as much as they don't want to spend time with each other as the season progresses, they end up spending more and more time together and getting to know each other better and better as time goes on.”
While Blake and Eliza have a rocky start, Durant-Pritchard has an easy time getting along with the show's leading lady.
“Kate is a great actress, and she's a great person. “It's so easy to hang out and get into it,” he gushed about Phillips, 35. “I come from a background of doing my fair share of comedy, and we share a love of comedy.” (And) rom-coms, it's all work Hugh Grant Over the years.”
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Durant-Pritchard revealed that he and Phillips bonded over their love of movies and spent a lot of time getting to know each other. (He chose Durant-Pritchard Four weddings and a funerall and 'all Bridget Jones” as his favorite rom-com.)
“We talked, I think, every day from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., and we spent every second together,” he recalls. “We worked so well that it was very easy to decide the location for the shoot.”
As fans prepare for new dynamics in Season 5 of Miss ScarlettDurant gave Pritchard we His vision for Season 6 – assuming Blake sticks around.
“I'd like to see how his relationship with Lady Scarlett will develop over time,” he said, hinting that he's also team Eliza to find love. I think it's a blessing to see if they can maintain some sort of working relationship and then nothing else happens.
Season 5 of Miss Scarlett Masterpiece Mystery premieres on PBS on Sunday, January 12 at 8pm ET.
