A Saltburn star made a very shocking appearance on the recurring episode of Ant & Dec's Limitless Win, which airs on Saturday.
Acting legend Richard E. Grant, who plays Sir James Catton in the Amazon Prime film, moved up from the A-list to the ITV list for the new show.
In a first-look clip, Richard, 66, surprises contestants Tina and Tracy by reciting a special poem called “50 Shades of Trace.”
Tina and Tracy tackle the limitless ladder in an emotional game that brings tears to Ant and Dec's eyes as they try to climb high enough to pay for a new home for Tina and a cruise for Tracy.
Richard made headlines after his turn alongside Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi and Rosamund Pike in Saltburn, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell.
A Saltburn star made a very shocking appearance on the recurring episode of Ant & Dec's Limitless Win, which airs on Saturday
Acting legend Richard E. Grant, who plays Sir James Catton in the Amazon Prime film, moved up from the A-list to the ITV list for the new show
With its high proportion of controversial scenes, “Saltburn” has been the subject of a lot of conversation in recent weeks
Tina and Tracy tackle the limitless ladder in an emotional game that brings tears to Ant and Dec's eyes as they try to climb high enough to pay for a new home for Tina and a cruise for Tracy
Saltburn follows an apparently working-class Oxford University student from Merseyside, played by Barry, 31, who falls in love with upper-class student Felix, played by Jacob, 26.
Things end with a disturbing twist when the seemingly innocent Oliver turns out to be a vengeful mastermind who, over the course of several years, has not only killed Felix and his family in order to get their fortune – and the Saltburn villa.
Richard's success on the series comes after he revealed he “can't imagine falling in love again” following the death of his beloved wife Joan Washington.
Joan died in 2021 at the age of 74, just eight months after she was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer.
Late last year, Richard said he wrote to his late wife of 35 years every day because the thought of her not being here was unbearable.
The actor, who is the new voice of The Wombles, added that while he tried to date Joan, “no one else came close to Joan.”
Speaking about his grief, Richard told The Telegraph: “I have now accepted that I will never understand it. Trying to imagine not being here is beyond my imagination.”
“So every night I write Joan a letter about what's going on, and I feel like I'm having a physical, tangible, ongoing conversation with her that's being written down. I found that really, really helpful…” .
Richard plays the father of the main character Felix
In a first-look clip, Richard, 66, surprises contestants Tina and Tracy by reciting a special poem called “50 Shades of Trace.”
“Do you have any inkling of what she might think about this, or what is her opinion on it? Even the most mundane things.”
Richard said that in the two years since Joan's death, his friends had set him up on blind dates, but he had no plans to meet anyone.
“I think the extraordinary thing about her is that I felt like I was really seen and understood by another human being in a way that no one ever has before,” he said.
Ant & Dec's Limitless Win starts on Saturday January 6th at 8.30pm on ITV1 and ITVX
Richard's success with the film comes after he revealed he “can't imagine falling in love again” following the death of his beloved wife Joan Washington.