Martin Freeman: ‘The detective’s moral dilemma drew me in’
The Sherlock actor on his new role as a real life police officer who broke the law to bring a double murderer to justice in A Confession
No one who learns how the police got the killer Christopher Halliwell to confess can help but wonder what they would have done: break the law and face the consequences? Or toe the line? Actor Martin Freeman was no different when he watched interviews with the controversial investigating officer Det Supt Steve Fulcher back in 2011.
“Before you even realise it you are thinking, how would I have acted?” says Freeman ahead of the broadcast next month of A Confession, an ITV drama series in which he plays Fulcher. “I was hit by what a very high price Steve paid, and is still paying, for doing something, although not legal by every letter of the law, that you would be hard pushed to find anyone to say was terribly wrong.”