Line Of Duty’s Martin Compston reveals he rushed to Vegas to be with his US wife amid COVID:19 pandemic after show’s filming was suspended
Line Of Duty’s Martin Compston appeared on Good Morning Britain on Thursday and revealed he rushed to the US to be with his wife amid the coronavirus pandemic.
He made the decision after the sixth series of Jed Mercurio’s BBC police thriller was halted and Martin, 35, who plays DS Steve Arnott, said: ‘The waistcoat has been put away.
He said: ‘The scripts this year … again, they just seem better than ever. I keep waiting for the year that Jed won’t make something better, but he always seems to do that.’
There for her: Line Of Duty’s Martin Compston told Good Morning Britain on Thursday he rushed to Vegas to be with his US wife amid COVID:19 pandemic after show’s filming was suspended
Martin said he joined US actress Tianna Chanel Flynn, 30, who he married in 2016, in Vegas, where she is from, and made it just in time before President Trump imposed a travel ban.
He said: ‘I was just in my flat on a Saturday night, learning my lines for the week ahead.
‘The news came through that Trump had suspended all flights from the UK, so I think within 12 hours I was on a flight.
He said: ‘My wife is from Vegas and I just thought at the stage we are at, that my wife needed a permanent place’ (pictured in December 2018)
‘So, I just made it back by the skin of my teeth. It was bit of a hairy journey over… but eventually they got us home.’
He continued: ‘My wife is from Vegas and I just thought at the stage we are at, that my wife needed a permanent place.
Iconic: Martin is best known for playing DS Steve Arnott in Line Of Duty (right) – a still from series five – the sixth series of the show has been halted due to coronavirus
‘It feels quite eerie here, for sure. The last time the country shut down so much was JFK’s assassination.’
He continued: ‘But this is the one place that has things prepared, they have a drive-thru pharmacy… the supermarket is OK.
‘They don’t have anyone panic buying toilet roll because you’re only allowed one piece a person.’
Opinion: Martin told Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway that people are more prepared in the US and toilet roll has been rationed
Martin said he is in ‘daily contact’ with the cast and crew of Line Of Duty.
But the in-demand star is also involved in a new TV forensic crime drama set in Dundee, called Traces.
He said: ‘I’m really proud of it. I hope it can take people’s minds off what is going on.’
Back to his roots: Scottish actor Martin is also involved in a new TV forensic crime drama set in Dundee, called Traces.
