Cheat star Tom Goodman-Hill says being cast as adulterer Adam in ITV’s new thriller was ‘cathartic’.
The actor drew on his real life experience of cheating on his wife to play the part.
In the drama, which stars Katherine Kelly and Molly Windsor, Goodman-Hill’s character Adam is tempted from his marriage when a young student seduces him.
The 50-year-old confessed that the role was a form of ‘therapy’.
‘Part of your job is to help people understand what emotions people go through in any given situation so, inevitably, someone who can access it and understand it is going to, perhaps, do that more successfully than someone who can’t,’ he told Radio Times.
Adding that he doesn’t think the part was ‘redemptive’, he explained: ‘That implies some kind of martyrdom. But it is cathartic…and it’s therapeutic.’
The Humans star was married to Kerry Bradley in 2005 but had an affair with Call The Midwife star Jessica Raine in 2013.
He is now married to Jessica and shares two grown up children with his first wife, while Jessica is expecting their first child together.
‘It’s the most exciting time and we’re both thrilled,’ the actor said.
Cheat, which kicked off on Monday night, stars Kelly as university lecturer Leah Dale, who accuses bright student Rose Vaughan, played by Windsor, of cheating in an essay.
Things descend into a battle of wills as both women try to outsmart and outplay each other, with life-changing consequences.
If you tuned in, check out our spoiler heavy review here, then delve deeper with some of the questions we need answered from episode one.
Cheat continues tonight at 9pm on ITV
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