Aug 28, 2024
ASSAD ZAMAN & OLIVER DENCH as Anish Sengupta & Lucian Ainsworth — Hotel Portofino ◦ “First Impressions”
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ASSAD ZAMAN & OLIVER DENCH as Anish Sengupta & Lucian Ainsworth — Hotel Portofino ◦ “First Impressions”
NISH & LUCIAN Hotel Portofino (2022) | 1.01 – First Impressions
the few instances of assad being shorter than someone
Marcellus doesn't deserve you. My father was twice the man his father was, and Agrippa's family are nothing.
I'm still thinking about how lucian told nish, "I love you" not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES. IN A ROW. IN A BREATHLESS RUSH AS IF THE REALIZATION IS PUNCHING THE AIR FROM HIS LUNGS.
and nish replied, "it's not the same."
YOU UTTER BUFFOONS
Season 2 promises more chaos for Rupert.
Rivals fans, rejoice! Season 2 has cast Rupert Everett and Hayley Atwell in key roles.
More larger-than-life characters will be joining the fray in season 2 and making life even more complicated for Alex Hassell's Rivals lead Rupert Campbell Black.
Atwell is set to play Helen Gordon, Rupert's ex-wife and the mother of his daughters, and Everett is set to take on the role of Malise Gordon, her new husband and Rupert's former show-jumping coach in what was dubbed "very exciting" casting.
More guest stars announced include Maxim Ays, Holly Cattle, Oliver Dench, Amanda Lawrence, Bobby Lockwood, Eliot Salt, and Jonny Weldon.
The castings were announced during a panel for the show at Edinburgh TV Festival 2025.
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During a panel at Edinburgh TV Festival 2025, the show's creator, Dominic Treadwell Collins, also promised more "pining" ahead for Taggie and Rupert, making it clear that it's not going to be smooth sailing for the pair of them.
Collins also said that the show was faced with "snobbery" when he first pitched it.
"I kept an eye on them and a few years ago - I kept writing these letters to Jilly Cooper and her agent," he explained, before revealing that he won the author's favour with a love letter.
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If anyone is interested, I am in possession of Hotel Portofino novelisation - the book and audiobook version of Season 2
Here's a sneak peak of Nish telling Lucien of his love for Gianluca
