Last night’s ITV offering ‘Compulsion’ would have been more aptly titled ‘Repulsion’ as the utterly unbelievable and frankly farcical adaptation of the Jacobean play ‘The Changeling’ revealed itself to be not only completely lacking in credibility but also made us suffer the hideous lack of on-screen chemistry between Ray Winstone and Parminder Nagra.

This is perhaps what disappointed me most; both are wonderful actors and I expected something far better, however, the acting couldn’t have been more wooden if Pinocchio and/or Punch and Judy were in the cast list… Read more & comment »

ER actress, Parminder Nagra has admitted that she was extremely nervous about appearing in nude scenes for tonight’s ITV drama, Compulsion.

Nagra told The Mirror: “I was worried about the nudity, it’s a huge thing for me, but those scenes have to be in there because the story is about obsession and lust so you can’t do it without them.

“So we just got on with the sex scenes. It’s funny, you talk about what position you’re going for and then you just go for it.”

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A beautiful young woman with every privilege except freedom. A despised older man consumed by obsession. Are they the key to each other’s salvation or destruction?

Ray Winstone (Vincent, Beowulf, Indiana Jones IV) and Parminder Nagra (ER, Bend It Like Beckham) star in Compulsion, a tragic story of desire and lust for ITV1.

Anjika Indrani (Nagra) is a modern girl with the world at her feet. Having just finished her degree at Cambridge and in a happy relationship with fellow graduate Alex, she returns in triumph for a lavish celebratory party at the home of her rich Indian industrialist father.

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