Richard Madden, the Scots actor who played Robb Stark in Game of Thrones and the prince in Cinderella, is causing a flutter as the male lead in Jed Mercurio’s BBC six-parter Bodyguard. His character is an ex-soldier, suffering the after effects of combat in Afghanistan, with a visceral dislike of the politicians who sent the army there and he ends up as close protection for a hawkish and attractive female Home Secretary. Not entirely plausible but good drama.
Born 18 June 1986 7.40 am Paisley, Scotland, with a fireman father he grew up shy and chubby, started acting aged 11 to help with his problems, won film and TV roles almost immediately and hasn’t looked back. He’s a Sun Gemini opposition Uranus in his performing 5th square Jupiter in Pisces – chatty, restless, scattered, adventurous, needs constant change and excitement, lucky and confident. His Sun opposes his Mars/Saturn midpoint giving him discipline and a dangerous edge, which will help anchor his fly-away Mutable T square.
His Mars in ambitious Capricorn in the hard-working 6th is in a straight-speaking opposition to Mercury. He has a attractive and intense Venus on his Leo Ascendant square Moon Pluto; and a tricky batch of Moon Pluto in Scorpio and Saturn in Sagittarius in his 4th. His emotional life will probably never be too settled.
His actor’s 15th Harmonic is notable, being charming, hard-edged and ambitious.
Keely Hawes, 10 February 1976 London, who plays the politician, has had a stellar career – Ashes to Ashes, Line of Duty, The Durrells. She’s a Sun Aquarius trine Mars Moon in Gemini, with her Venus in Capricorn in a seductive square to her Pluto. Her Jupiter in Aries falls in Madden’s 10th so a good career match for him. Their relationship chart has a hot-attraction composite Sun Mercury opposition Venus Pluto driving a Fire Grand Trine so plenty of inspiration when they work together. Along with an edge of risk (and impatience) from a composite Jupiter Mars opposition Saturn.