One of the UK's most respected actors, Ken Stott was surely born to play Rebus, if you've ever read any of Ian Rankin's superb whodunnits then you'd know why he is so pleased to have Stott in the role, we caught up with the trawler dwelling actor recently. Ken Stott has been taking things easy following nearly five months filming the new series of Rebus in Edinburgh and Glasgow. After a month relaxing at his Italian second home in the idyllic Umbrian countryside he has now retreated to his new boat moored in the Isle of Skye. "I have bought a motor boat but not the kind you might imagine – pointy at one end, white and only to be driven in sunglasses. This is a trawler design, built in the Isle of Lewis. Just a wee trawler but I love it," sighs Ken. "I have always loved boats and loved the sea. I had a plan when I was 15 to go, with my chum Neil Fraser, down to Southampton and catch a boat to Casablanca. We thought we'd peel potatoes on board then ...
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