{"id":311660,"date":"2011-03-15T16:28:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T16:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/15\/first-glimpse-of-dominic-west-as-serial-killer-fred-west-in-new-itv-drama\/"},"modified":"2011-03-15T16:28:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T16:28:34","slug":"first-glimpse-of-dominic-west-as-serial-killer-fred-west-in-new-itv-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/15\/first-glimpse-of-dominic-west-as-serial-killer-fred-west-in-new-itv-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"First glimpse of Dominic West as serial killer Fred West in new ITV drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"136.613819415\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daily Mail Reporter<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 4:28 PM on 15th March 2011<\/p>\n<p>With a curly wig and sideburns, a patterned woolly jumper and a dirty gilet, there&#8217;s no mistaking actor Dominic West&#8217;s latest role.<\/p>\n<p>The Wire star, 41, was spotted dressed as serial killer Fred West for the first time as he filmed a new TV drama in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>Acting along Dominic is Monica Dolan, who plays Rose West in the upcoming Appropriate Adult, which will be screened on ITV later this year.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/0f6cf7f6697_468x662.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"662\" alt=\"Sinister: Dominic West wears a curly wig, woolly jumper and scruffy gilet to play Fred West in the new ITV drama Appropriate Adult\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sinister: Dominic West wears a curly wig, woolly jumper and scruffy gilet to play Fred West in the new ITV drama Appropriate Adult<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The drama, written by Neil McKay, focuses on the time between Fred&#8217;s arrest and his suicide on New Year&#8217;s Day 1995.<\/p>\n<p>The title Appropriate Adult stems from the appointment of Janet Leach, who took the role of &#8216;appropriate adult&#8217; during his police interviews.<\/p>\n<p>Acclaimed actress Emily Watson will play Mrs Leach, who sat in on more than 40 interviews over<br \/>\nmany months and listened to \u201cthe most harrowing and horrifying details\u201d<br \/>\nof West\u2019s crimes.<\/p>\n<p>She even went with West to his 25 Cromwell Street address in Gloucester, where many<br \/>\nof his and his wife\u2019s victims had been tortured, killed, dismembered<br \/>\nand buried.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/bd3a359655_468x624.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"624\" alt=\"Terror: Monica Dolan in a dowdy cardigan and glasses to play Fred's accomplice Rose West\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Terror: Monica Dolan in a dowdy jumper and glasses to play Fred&#8217;s accomplice and his wife Rose West<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/14ddd2d8566_233x334.jpg.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"334\" alt=\"Killers: Fred and Rose West, pictured in the mid-1980s, were arrested in 1992\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Killers: Fred and Rose West, pictured in the mid-1980s, were arrested in 1992<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>She was also taken to a field where the remains of one of the victims had been buried.<\/p>\n<p>They formed such a close bond that he refused to speak when an<br \/>\nanother \u2018appropriate adult\u2019 was asked to sit on interviews because Mrs<br \/>\nLeach was unavailable.<\/p>\n<p>She later sued the police after claiming she suffered post traumatic stress disorder because of the case.<\/p>\n<p>Executive producer Jeff Pope said: \u2018Our intention is to produce a sober and thought provoking drama based on a true story.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have developed the script over the past three years and it provides a unique insight into the police investigation which led to the conviction of Fred and Rose West and the crucial role Janet Leach played as the \u201cappropriate adult\u201d,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n<p>ITV has worked with the Gloucestershire Police since the scripts were first commissioned for the drama four years ago.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<p>Harrowing ordeal: Emily Watson plays Janet Leach, the woman who sat in one Fred&#8217;s police interviews and Monica as Rose<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/7d68b58e878_233x414.jpg.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"414\" alt=\"House of horror: 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester, where the couple buried their victims\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>House of horror: 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester (now demolished), where the couple buried their victims<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A spokesman confirmed it had provided advice for the drama and acted as<br \/>\nan intermediary between producers and some of the victim\u2019s families<br \/>\nabout the programme.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;We are assured that the producers are sensitive to the continued distress experienced by those who were both directly and indirectly affected by the horrific crimes committed by the Wests.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Fred committed suicide while on remand in Birmingham\u2019s Winson Green prison charged with 12 murders, including those of his first wife Catherine Costello, their daughter Charmaine, and the cousin of novelist Martin Amis, Lucy Partington.<\/p>\n<p>Rose was convicted of 10 murders at Winchester Crown Court in November 1995 and is serving life in Holloway prison in north London and is set to remain in prison until she dies.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Bastholm whose sister Mary is believed to have been killed by<br \/>\nFred West in 1968 said: \u2018I am worried about how they will do it but they<br \/>\nsay it will be done sensitively.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I would rather things were not dragged up but a lot of time has<br \/>\npassed and if there is an opportunity to tell the truth, to tell the<br \/>\nstory properly, then maybe people should know about it. \u2019<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/f9d22e4f356_468x364.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"364\" alt=\"Recreation: A model of Cromwell street has been built on a Manchester housing estate\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Recreation: Cromwell street has been re created on a Manchester housing estate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/0f6cf7f6697_468x662.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a 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