Fred West daughter 'unnerved by Dominic West portrayal'

Fred West's daughter was scared of Dominic West when she saw him playing her father in a new ITV drama, the show's executive producer has said.

Appropriate Adult focuses on the period between Fred West's arrest and his subsequent suicide.

The drama also follows the relationship between West and Janet Leach (Emily Watson), who served as his guardian during police interviews.

Appropriate Adult's executive producer Jeff Pope has now told The Sun that Dominic West's portrayal of the serial killer was so uncanny that his daughter was unnerved by it.

"When Fred's daughter Mae first saw Dominic playing him she was mesmerised," he said. "She felt he had captured the evil essence of him - his character, his mannerisms, even his gait."

Pope also revealed that Janet had found Dominic West's acting scary, saying: "When Janet visited the set she couldn't go over to him for ages. It took her back 17 years and to her it was the same man she met."

Meanwhile, Watson said: "It felt like I was sitting opposite Fred West. And Monica [Dolan] as Rose was absolutely terrifying."



Another of Fred West's daughters, Anne Marie Davis, has previously criticised ITV for making a drama about her father, admitting that she felt "physically sick" when she heard the news.

However, Watson has said that Appropriate Adult is "not nasty".

Dominic West has admitted that he suffered from nightmares while filming Appropriate Adult and has described his research for the project as "disturbing".

Appropriate Adult will begin on ITV1 on September 4.

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