Line Of Duty star Alastair Natkiel 'disappointed' major scene was left out of BBC show
Alastair Natkiel has said he felt “disappointed” after a scene featuring his character Lee Banks opposite Adrian Dunbar’s Ted Hastings was not written into the BBC series’ script. The actor exclusively told Express.co.uk how he would have “loved” to perform the much talked about prison visit, which is referred to throughout series 6 but is never shown to audiences.
Speaking on how he found playing ruthless criminal Lee, who is related to organised crime mastermind Karl Banks, Alastair said: “I love playing villains, they sit quite comfortably with me.
“I prefer darker edge roles, so yeah it was great, I’m drawn to the characters. He [Lee] doesn’t say a huge amount, but I felt from reading the script that he’s got a bit of a presence.”
However, his one regret was that a poignant scene that is mentioned on a number of occasions, was not played out in the crime show.
He continued: “When Hastings came to visit me and we didn’t see the scene, I was a bit disappointed, really, to be honest, from an actors point of view.
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