He’s been a James Bond villain and the nemesis of Sherlock Holmes but Andrew Scott says his role as the “Hot” Priest in “Fleabag” was really the “ideal” role for him.
After getting offered a lot of “sub-Moriarty” roles following his much-loved performance in “Sherlock”, Scott, 43, was ready for a change when “Fleabag” creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge pitched him the character known only as “Priest” (The “Hot”, we assure you, is warranted but unscripted). “I think ‘romantic comedy’ is very underrated; I was always looking for something that explored romantic love in a really intelligent and human way and I felt, when I first started talking to Phoebe about it, that this was ideal,” he tells British GQ. “At every given stage of your