Scots actor James Cosmo finally getting chance to show romantic side in first romcom lead
dailyrecord.co.ukJames Cosmo reckons his career is going into reverse – and finally, in his 70s, he’s doing a romcom.The star, 75, is best known for roles in Braveheart and Game of Thrones but has been cast as the romantic lead in new film My Sailor, My Love.After decades of playing cops, hardmen and warriors, the Clydebank-born actor steps forward as Scotland’s newest heart-throb.In a Zoom call he roared: “Matthew McConaughey started off doing romcoms then did great work like True Detective and Interstellar.“Well, I’m going in reverse.
I’ve murdered people, stabbed people, ridden horses and done all these mad things – and now I’m in a romcom.“I reckon the end of my career will be me as a romantic lead.”After his first role – in Dr Finlay’s Casebook in 1965 – James played a multitude of TV cops in the 70s and 80s in the likes of Softly Softly and The Sweeney before his big break as Campbell in Mel Gibson’s 1995 epic Braveheart.Since then, he has become something of a national treasure.Despite all the raunchy sex scenes in Game of Thrones, in the first three series his Night Watch commander character Jeor Mormont had taken a vow of celibacy with his men and James only got his first on-screen kiss as Farder Coram in 2019’s first series of His Dark Materials.But now he goes full hog in My Sailor, My Love, which gets its UK premiere on Friday at Glasgow Film Festival.Helmed by Finnish director Klaus Härö, James plays reclusive old sea dog Howard, who lives alone on Achill Island off County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland.Worried about her dad, his daughter Grace, played by Catherine Walker, hires a caretaker, Annie (Bríd Brennan), and, despite his grumpiness, they fall in love.James said: “It’s a nice change of pace from what people know
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