Cilla (miniseries) nerves singing for Brian Epstein. A drama this good, with Smith in sparkling form, knows it can take its time to flourish." The Guardian wrote: "The third, and best, reason why Cilla is so watchable is Sheridan Smith. It's one of those extraordinary performances, like Julie Walters as Mo Mowlam, when an actress does more than play a real character; she becomes her, to the extent that it's hard for the viewer not to forget they're not actually watching a young Cilla Black. She sounds like her, too. I'd be interested to know what someone more qualified to judge (an
Dan Stevens Dan Stevens Daniel Jonathan Stevens (born 10 October 1982) is an English actor. He first drew international attention for his role as Matthew Crawley in the ITV acclaimed period drama series "Downton Abbey" (2010–12). He also starred as David in the thriller film "The Guest" (2014), Sir Lancelot in the adventure film "" (2014), The Beast/Prince in Disney's live action adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast" (2017), Lorin Willis in the biographical legal drama "Marshall" (2017), and Charles Dickens in the biographical drama "The Man Who Invented Christmas" (2017). Since 2017, he has starred as David Haller in the FX