WE’VE waited almost a year for a Martin Compston drama, now three come along at once. I can reveal he’s joined the cast of Amazon Prime’s big budget supernatural thriller The Rig, which is set to start filming next month.
Martin plays communications officer Fulmer, part of a crew trapped on an oil rig in the North Sea as a mysterious fog surrounds them.
He is fascinated with codes and feels more at home in his radio room than joining in the banter with his colleagues. The new part comes as he resumes his role of hero cop Steve Arnott in BBC’s Line Of Duty.
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