[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “Bodyguard.” ]Emmy support for British imports are always hard to measure.
And with the surfeit of Netflix content, many worthy series get buried there, even with a push from the awards team.
But BBC breakout “Bodyguard” is such a popular word-of-mouth and social media sensation that star Richard Madden has broken into contention, boosted by that unexpected Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama win at the Golden Globes.Until now Madden, 32, was best-known for his career-launching “Game of Thrones” role almost a decade back as princely Robb Stark, who met an untimely demise in Season Three’s Red Wedding.
In Netflix’s “Bodyguard,” he plays David Budd, a tightly-wound, shell-shocked war veteran turned police sergeant who is assigned to protect the controversial home secretary, Rt.
Hon.
Julia Montague MP (Keeley Hawes), whose political views he profoundly disavows.
But she doesn’t know that when they fall into a lusty clandestine affair.
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