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Alan Cumming “Feels Like A James Bond Villain” Hosting Hit US Reality TV Show


Scottish actor Alan Cumming says hosting the US version of The Traitors makes him feel like a “James Bond villain.” Cumming, who previously appeared in 1995 Bond film GoldenEye, told the BBC that t…

He said he feels like a James Bond villain when he watches on hidden screens the interaction between ‘the Faithfuls’ and ‘the Traitors’ on the hit reality TV show, and that he even volunteered to bring his own dog to set so he could be filmed stroking her menacingly, channelling 007’s famous adversary Ernst Blofeld with his cat. Cummings, who has enjoyed a long film career in dozens of films including Spy Kids and X-Men 2 as well as his starring role in the TV drama The Good Wife, has long been based in New York. The UK version of the show has become one of the BBC’s biggest hits of the past two years.

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