Downton Abbey star Rob James-Collier has said it's 'easier' playing a gay character in the hit TV drama because his wife doesn't get jealous about his on-screen romances.
The actor, whose character Thomas Barrow works as a servant in the fictional country house, is on this Saturday's The Jonathan Ross Show with his co-star, Joanne Froggatt.
He told Jonathan: "I found it easier. The way I was thinking was that if you kiss a girl you worry about: 1) How big her boyfriend is; 2) Is he in the building watching and is he going to kick the s**t out of you?; and 3) What is my missus going to think of it?
"So we went to the BFI for a big unveiling on the cinema screen, and the missus knew it (the kiss) was coming, and we were all sitting watching it and I thought 'Nice one, she can't accuse me of anything', and the missus turned to me and said 'You've never kissed me like that!'"
