On Demand Soaps Please see our Actor Christian Brassington, who portrays the reviled and less-than-holy vicar, is miles away from his alter-ego both in demeanour and physique.The 34-year-old British star put on two stone for the role in the BBC period drama for his character, who has a voracious appetite for both food and sex. We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. The star went on to tell the Mirror: “The producers didn’t demand I put on the weight but this character, he’s a big guy and he needs to be like that and I love that side of things.”  Brassington’s character left quite an impression on viewers after he was seen lustfully sucking a woman’s toes in one episode.
Christian Brassington, who plays the despicable Reverend Ossie Whitworth, tried his hand at some tricky horse stunts whilst filming series four of Poldark. On Demand No more Ossie. Fans grew to hate sex-obsessed Ossie after he … News
See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, Sign in to manage your newsletter preferences “So I’m sad that he’s gone. HE IS one of the most hated characters in Poldark, thanks to his unique sexual predilections and arrogance, but the actor who plays Reverend Osborne Whitworth looks very different in real life. Find the newsletter for you For whatever brew method you use. “He was awful.”Filming the death scene was, he says, “exciting and slightly terrifying”, but he was helped by good work from his horse Erasmus and Ossie’s handsome stunt double.“There was a lovely, lovely horse called Erasmus and his horse wranglers; they were wonderful and he was great,” he says.“The stuntman did the majority of the really exciting stuff – a big kind of macho guy, good looking, dark-haired. Reverend Osborne Whitworth is a major character in Winstom Graham's Poldark novels and TV adaptations, serving as the secondary antagonist of the 1975 series (portrayed by Christopher Biggins) as well as the third and fourth seasons of the 2015 series (portrayed by Christian Brassington).. [Make-up designer] Pippa Woods and the hair and make-up team, [costume designers] Howard Burden and Mandy Perryman and the costume team did such a great job of transforming him into me.”So, there it is. Netflix Already have an account with us? 1 Biography 1.1 Earlier life 1.2 Childhood 1.3 Later life 2 Notes and sources John Conan was born into a very unhappy marriage. His lifeless body was found in the morning.The ghastly man – whose antics have been so brilliantly brought to screen by Christian Brassington – will be seen no more.Brassington, who’s lovely in real life, tells RadioTimes.com that he will miss playing the role, but admits that he is glad his character was killed off – and few Poldark fans would disagree that he had it coming.“I am personally sad to see him go; I just loved playing him, being in the show and being with the cast,” says Brassington. His father, Osborne was abusive towards his mother, Morwenna and she didn't want a child.