A man who murdered and sexually assaulted his teenage sister has been jailed for life. Connor Gibson, 21, attacked his sister, Amber Gibson, in woodland in Hamilton, Scotland, in November 2021.
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Fans of BBC One drama Shetland are used to seeing Douglas Henshall solve crimes in the cold. But the actor is swapping the Scottish isles for the Spanish heat in Netflix’s latest thriller Who Is Erin Carter?.The 57-year-old stars in the new seven-parter, which follows British substitute teacher Erin (played by Swedish actress Evin Ahmad) living in Barcelona with her devoted husband and a young daughter.
But when Erin is caught in a violent robbery and recognised by one of the assailants, dark secrets from her past threaten the new life she’s built for herself. Who is Erin Carter? marks Douglas’s first major role since quitting Shetland last year and while spending four months filming in the Spanish city was a highlight, he admits that he underestimated just how hot it would be.
“I didn’t keep in mind that I came from shooting in Shetland to suddenly being in the middle of Barcelona in the summer working in 42 degrees with humidity,” he says. “And you’re filming indoors without air conditioning because otherwise the sound department would pick it up.
“I was wearing a suit and given my Scottish complexion, I was afraid at some point I was going to melt into a little puddle on the floor! At times my main focus was just to plead with my sweat glands to behave.” In the Netflix drama, Douglas plays Daniel Lang – a businessman whose disruptive son Dylan is a pupil in Erin’s class. While Erin initially sees him as just another parent, we soon learn that he has secrets of his own and a vested interest in keeping Erin close.
Explaining his role, Douglas describes Daniel as “not the top of the food chain” but “not exactly middle management” in his mysterious career. “He’s doing very well for himself but in such a precarious
.A man who murdered and sexually assaulted his teenage sister has been jailed for life. Connor Gibson, 21, attacked his sister, Amber Gibson, in woodland in Hamilton, Scotland, in November 2021.
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