‘We didn’t talk sex, let alone different forms!’: Mr Loverman’s Lennie James on gay love, lies and dirty trousers

The ex-Walking Dead star is wrestling with his community’s homophobia issues as a closeted Caribbean gent in TV’s version of hit novel Mr Loverman – and the dapper threads make a welcome change from the apocalypse

“It’s been a while since I’ve had a suit made for me and it’s a real difference,” says Lennie James. “I can see why fellas do it.” He’s not actually wearing a suit; he’s dressed almost anonymously casual when we meet. But in his new BBC drama Mr Loverman, James plays the kind of dapper, stately British Caribbean gent who’s seldom seen not sporting a well-tailored, well-accessorised outfit. It’s a change from how we’ve seen James most often over the past decade: raging and ragged across the post-apocalyptic landscape of The Walking Dead.

“In Walking Dead I literally wore the same costume for three years,” he complains. “Three years I wore the same trousers! Every time I’d show up I’d go: ‘Oh God, it’s these again.’ Then when I left the main show to go to the spin-off, the trousers came with me.”

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