But above all, it was his character’s name.‘Willmus Crabtree?’ he says, laughing. Some, meanwhile, just want a nice place to film. Willmus does bad things, sly things and appears to be slightly dishonest in order to achieve a greater good, or what he perceives to be a greater good.Do you think the audience will be surprised by Willmus? Well I’ve said this to every person and I’d already been told by a couple of people, the Jamestown cast and crew are the most wonderful bunch of people and most welcoming. ‘When I was 21 my priorities were very different. Then just look back over the Danube and over the city and it really is quite remarkable.
I’ve always wanted to show there’s a bit more going on, and this was amazing.’He’s also just been announced in the cast list for Julian Fellowes’ new football drama The English Game — but things could have been very different for Batt, whose ambitions in rugby were cut short by injury at 17.‘I went to Orrell and was getting scouted by Wigan and St Helens when I broke my leg,’ he says. We quickly realise there’s a lot more going on, it’s a lot more three dimensional than that. ‘There’s something brilliantly Jacobean about it.
By the end of the shoot my right boot was wrecked because of how Willmus overcompensated with his walking.’It offered a welcome change of pace for the Wigan native, wary of typecasting. Series three is really dramatic and they’ve added Willmus to shake things up and mess with the established relationships. Willmus was in quite a considerable amount of pain all the time but like everything he does, he smiles through it, puts on the façade that he’s in control.
He’s a well-travelled trader working on behalf of an English company and, because of the way he looks, people underestimate him but his directness knocks people off balance. All the feedback from people who knew people who worked on the production had said the same thing. Toward the end of the series, we see that he’s a very well intentioned person. ” –Jocelyn Castell finds Willmus's ring . Willmus is initially very much drawn to Jocelyn, he finds her very beautiful but more than that, he’s intrigued by how a woman, in this male dominated world, seems to be able to hold such power and steeliness, in a time where women aren’t really respected. They see him as a bad omen but because of that reason I’m reluctant to say that he’s underestimated because from the get go, everyone wants to know what this Willmus is about. Willmus takes real pride in his appearance and because of his physicality, he wants to look his best at all times and well put together. Ben Batt (In The Dark, Shameless) has joined the cast of the period drama about the first British settler in America for its third season, which is now filming in Budapest for a 2019 premiere.
I genuinely couldn’t wait to get going! Jamestown hasn’t experienced someone like Willmus before, not just because of the way he looks, and Bill plays with it that. Willlmus Crabtree is a factor from England.
For Shameless star Ben Batt, as he was considering whether or not to join the third and final season of Jamestown, Sky One’s drama about the New World’s first English settlers in the 1620s, it was all three. ‘I spend a lot of time auditioning for detectives and soldiers and Mancunian gangsters,’ he says. Yes, Willmus is unlike any character in Jamestown already. They’ve got a really good mentality about how they wanted to approach Jamestown and continually strive to make it better. Jamestown was going through a real transitional period, the settlement was up and running and the power struggles were very real. For others, it’s the character. He has scarring on his face and a hunch on his back but he’s a smartly dressed fellow and appears at first to be quite a mysterious gentleman who’s here to sell exotic goods. He carries himself with such confidence so people can be quite wary of him.It is a bit of a grey area, however ultimately his intentions are good. Then, in terms of costume, we met up with this amazing lady who custom-made these two amazing suits because Willmus would have been all over the world trading and he’s a salesman so he would always want to look smart. Bill uses dramatic license but it’s based on real events and I’m fascinated by history so the excuse to go and learn a bit more about it for five months was an opportunity I couldn’t turn down!You’ve worked in a great ensemble cast before on Shameless, how was it joining the cast of Jamestown? © Bradford Zone 2020 Jamestown | Interview with Ben Batt who plays Willmus Crabtree For Shameless star Ben Batt, as he was considering whether or not to join the third and final season of Jamestown, Sky One’s drama about the New World’s first English settlers in the 1620s, it was all three. I had nothing to worry about on Jamestown though, they really couldn’t have been more welcoming. There’s no point pretending that it’s not intimidating joining a ensemble cast after they’d already being filming for two years. Seasons. He’s spent his whole life having people shun him, turning away from him, excluding him and when you’re shunned and excluded and you live a life in the shadows you can become very observant.
It’s one of the most beautiful cities I’ve ever been to and if you’ve got a few hours in Budapest I would go to Papadora for a pizza. It’s stunning, it really does take your breath away.
His striking appearance and intriguing demeanor attract the attention of many. TV To Go: There’s much more to Jamestown actor Ben Batt than being a big Northern bloke