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James Purefoy was originally cast as V, but dropped out after six weeks into filming. Although at the time it was reported this was because of difficulties wearing the mask for the entire film, he later stated that it was really due to creative differences on how V should be portrayed.
According to Purefoy, he and McKidd decided on this commitment over lunch: McKidd and I had lunch the other day, and I said to him, Have you been asked to do Game Of Thrones? And he said, I'd never do it.
Personal life. Purefoy married actress Holly Aird in 1996, with whom he has a son. They divorced in 2002. In 2014 he married art historian Jessica Adams with whom he has a daughter and two sons.
Alongside supporting roles in the notorious flop John Carter (2012), action thriller Wicked Blood (2013) and J.G. Ballard adaptation High-Rise (2015), Purefoy focused largely on TV for the next several years, playing charismatic serial killer Joe Carroll in thriller The Following (Fox 2013-15), starring ...
Most credit Hugo Weaving for bringing the masked vigilante V to life with his magnetic voice work and an only slightly exaggerated physical performance. But while Weaving ended up being the only voice of V, the character itself was originally played by James Purefoy.
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