After Major Charles Ingram and his wife Diana were accused, and later convicted, of cheating to bag the £1million prize on Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, public sentiment quickly turned against them.
But the actor who plays the controversial figure in a new ITV drama believes that the couple were punished too heavily for their actions, and even doubts whether they were guilty at all.
Matthew Macfadyen, who stars as Charles in the upcoming series Quiz, says that regardless of whether Charles and his wife Diana were guilty of cheating, the pair have suffered enough.
Macfadyen, 45, says: “It’s true to say their lives were totally ruined by what happened. Whether they were guilty or not, I don’t think they deserved the consequences that
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