Revealed: Bernard Hill's touching seven-word response after being offered role ... trends now
Bernard Hill's touching response to getting offered a role in the BBC Drama The Responder has been revealed after the legendary actor died at the age of 79.
The Manchester-born actor, who starred in Titanic and Lord Of The Rings, passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning, his agent has said.
His death came just hours before his final performance aired on TV that night in Martin Freeman's BBC One drama The Responder.
Viewers tuned in to the first episode of the second series of the crime drama, which stars Martin as Chris Carson, a police response officer struggling to keep a grip on his mental health.
As a new addition to series two, Bernard plays Tom, who is the estranged father of Freeman's character Chris.
Revealed: Bernard Hill's touching seven-word response after being offered role in BBC drama The Responder as legendary actor dies aged 79
Tony Schumacher, the writer of The Responder, has spoken about Bernard Hill's career - specifically how happy he was to get the actor in his show
Shortly after the sad news of the actor's death was announced, BBC Breakfast presenter Roger Johnson (@RogerJ_01) took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a clip that the morning programme had aired that day about The Responder.
He penned: 'Sad irony we ran a VT on @BBCBreakfast this morning which I did this week previewing The Responder tonight. Writer @tonyshoey was so proud to get Bernard Hill in the show.'
The video featured Tony Schumacher, the writer of The Responder, talking about Bernard's career - specifically how happy he was to get the actor in his show.
Speaking to BBC Breakfast, he said: 'Out of all the great things that have happened in my career recently, bringing Bernard Hill back to Liverpool to be in the show is just...he loves this city so much.'
Bernard famously played the out-of-work Scouser Yosser Hughes in Alan Bleasdale's Boys From The Blackstuff in 1982.
Meanwhile, Tony also shared Hill's response to getting offered a role on the popular crime drama, which has touched the hearts of many.
He said that when the team got in touch, the actor simply responded: 'I'd love to come back to Liverpool.'
The short clip has already racked up more than 5,000 views, with fans rushing to praise the actor and express their sadness:
'I watched that and then heard the sad news and was all confused.'
Tony Schumacher, writer of The Responder said that when the team got in touch, the actor simply responded: 'I'd love to come back to Liverpool'
