yeah. — i'm yosser hughes. it was his breakthrough role which led to many others, including in two oscar—winning films. the show�*s writer was one of first to pay tribute today. there had to be an extraordinary character in there, who would be mesmeric, and dangerous, and also not without wit. and i can only think of one person, so it was always, always bernard hill that was going to play yosser in the original film. and everything he did, his whole procedure for working, the manner in which he worked, and the performance, was everything that you could ever wish for. 0n the big screen, he played captain edward smith in titanic, who went down with the doomed ship. he also won over fans of lord of the rings with his portrayal of king theoden. the role brought him a whole new global audience to add to those that had grown up with him in the �*80s. his work spanned generations, with another memorable performance in the 2015 drama series wolf hall. and in the second series of the responder, which was on screen