Starring Kenneth Branagh as the Prime Minister and Ophelia Lovibond as his fiancee Carrie Symonds, filming began this week. As well as inventing a fictitious character as Carrie’s ex-boyfriend, of whom Boris is suspicious, Carrie herself is worried about his closeness to his female physiotherapist. The story will also follow the couple’s controversial post-Christmas trip to Mustique, where it is thought Boris proposed to Carrie in 2019. While Boris is shown trying to get into better physical condition, Carrie wonders what ‘Shakespeare thinks of sex’. According to people involved with the TV series, Boris calms himself down amid rows by quoting Shakespeare’s most famous verse.

Source: The Nation March 07, 2021 00:56 UTC