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Charles Dance says marriage of 34 years ended after he ‘succumbed to temptations’

‘I had to come clean and it came as a shock to her,’ British actor said of split from ex-wife

The British actor, who is known for playing authoritative, often villainous, characters, has opened up about his marriage breakdown in a candid podcast interview. Dance said there was “no justification” for his behaviour, but said he did not realise he was attractive to the opposite sex until the mid-1980s when he starred as Sgt Guy Perron in British series The Jewel in the Crown. [It] wasn’t until I did The Jewel In The Crown years later and people talked about me as being ‘the thinking woman’s crumpet’.

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