RHYS Ifans is being lined up to play sex abuser Jimmy Savile in a BBC1 series. The Welsh actor, 53, is top choice with producers for The Reckoning.
It will tell of the disgraced entertainer’s rise and the abuse scandal that emerged after his death aged 84 in 2011. A telly insider said: “Producers have approached Rhys. “They think he has the acting ability and could be made to look like Savile. “Obviously it will be a dark role to take on. "Filming will get under way soon so the BBC need to sign someone. "If not Rhys they are likely to select an unknown actor.” Producer Jeff Pope has said it’s a story that has to be told adding: “We must understand why a man like Savile seemed to remain immune for so long to proper scrutiny and criminal.
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