James Purefoy

He was cast as the leading man in V per Vendetta (2005) but departed halfway in, having had creative differences with the makers of the film.

In the July 4, 2001 Newswatch, Wild West End column: "There was one woman I was absolutely infatuated with, but she had no interest in me. I was very young at the time and thought the way to prove my love was to write a book for her. It ran for pages and pages and I had it bound in leather to give to her. But it still didn't have the desired effect."