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Slow Horses actor Christopher Chung on his hacker character, co-star Gary Oldman, Asian representation and whispers of a spin-off

Slow Horses star Christopher Chung talks about getting back in the saddle for the third-season return of his insufferable egomaniac hacker Roddy Ho

He reveals why he felt anxious working with Gary Oldman, how as a minority he couldn’t work in Australia and why he is ‘very much looking forward to’ the future

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A still from “Slow Horses”. Christopher Chung tells Post Magazine about getting back in the saddle for the third-season return of his hacker Roddy Ho. Photo: Apple TV+

Published: 8:45am, 5 Jan 2024Updated: 3:43pm, 9 Jan 2024

Roddy Ho is a legend. In his own head.

Roddy is a British spy: a gum-chomping hacker with a personal multiplex of screens, who believes MI5 would crumble without him.

The reality is that he’s parked in a literally dilapidated corner of a grubby London office, in a metaphorical career corner to which washed-up secret service liabilities are consigned.

Roddy is one of the stable of Slow Horses in the runaway hit Apple TV+ series of the same name. But true to his readily offered opinion, he’s, “king of the world, top man in the room … and that’s nowhere near the kind of person I am. I’m very self-deprecating!” says his alter ego.

A still from “Slow Horses”. Photo: Apple TV+

The face of Ho is also that of actor Christopher Chung, who is enjoying himself as one of the “f*** ups”, as boss Jackson Lamb, played by Gary Oldman, puts it, among MI5’s professional embarrassments.

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