Joe Absolom talks Doc Martin and moving to Cornwall

The actor who plays Al Large in the hit ITV comedy drama talks about filming series 7 and relocating to Cornwall

[@criolla10]

I love his acting in Eastenders, how he grows in the character from a sweet,naive boy . Also in Vincent and Doc Martin. Excellent actor.

[@jo7santitosrm]

Me cae bien este chavo,es muy tranquilo,me gustaria tenerlo como un buen amigo!

[@user-hz5sj3ps3k]

A very funny and touching show really .....thank you

[@chanel2018-k3z]

Great interview! Who couldn’t love this series?

[@JohnAlexanderBerry]

Good choice moving to Cornwall Joe. It's a really nice part of the world. Would love to live there myself !

[@allenmiller933]

I'll second that.

[@Mihavetz17]

I enjoy the show, and your acting.

[@kimberly11091]

I love Dame Eileen, her character of ruth is my favorite

[@jodylancaster8706]

I love her too❤

[@laurencecatteau4221]

Fabulous actor !!!!!

[@Pece17]

Love this show!

[@hidebarnes8188]

he played matthew rose in eastenders!!! I fancyed him like hell when he was in enders 😍😂

[@robertgrant1837]

there are some very nice places to visit in the UK I have managed to quite a bit of it and wouldn't mind seeing some more.

[@johnrider5701]

A big step up from the miserable joyless Eastenders to The happy fun of Doc Martin and that beautiful location in Cornwall..

[@patclark5161]

Doc Martin does look like he has aged quite a bit since last show but he is still handsome I love this show.

[@ShaggyDawg]

+pat clark Yes as really the rest of the cast. Shame they go 2 whole years between series.

[@kimkinsey579]

Do they? The actress that plays Louisa said they are in Port Isaac twice a year (biannually).

[@crzycatalyna]

He is not handsome. Louisa's actress is gorgeous

[@lucygasparre4298]

love dr martin and crew great show lucy usa

[@BigBusyBunny]

Oh handsome handsome man😙

[@carmenpeters728]

DJ Bunny Sitter Seriously? He doesn't look very healthy.

[@phwbooth]

Fine actor.

[@jodylancaster8706]

What a handsome young man.

[@elizabethmcleod246]

He’s awesome.

[@Saucyakld]

Love Cornwall but too cold for me, that's why I live in New Zealand hahaha! But I went there on holiday and the weather was great. My cousin tells me the day after I left it turned terrible and it went on for months

[@vinnybruce2874]

Foreign movies are better than American movies it seems like because they have more special effects and it's a lot interesting just like you could find ways how to become successful and enjoy it even though through hard times we have to fight back on what we can accomplish..

[@MrGlendale111]

Why does this man constantly scratch. Even when he is in character, I have noticed this scratching. Perhaps he is nervous I imagine.

[@jameshudson169]

maybe he has an itch.

[@ahanafmuttaki6284]

@@jameshudson169 he should see the doc.

[@carlaconnor8347]

He looks and sounds so different to Matthew Rose

[@Vortigan07]

I don't care if he produces Oscar worthy performances every year for the rest of his life, he will always be the guy that had his balls crushed in a vice and disturbed the shit out of me!

[@seancampbell4694]

What Disco didn't say was that Cornwall is nice but once a year it has to endure the Molekiller and the Campbell clan (south London and Essex branch)

[@KmT81]

Matthew Rose from a sweet naive guy to a dangerous guy . He takes revenge on Steve Owen

[@gabes2095]

Damn, he looks just like Clint Eastwood.

[@walleece5675]

You have eyesight problems then

[@TokyoJoe703]

Wonder if it was him that was bullying Morven Christie on The Bay

[@longlegs31]

He would be good telling bedtime stories. Boring game monotone voice. Keeps scratching. And pulls to many faces in dr Martin.

[@renaruthful]

Wow. Clint Eastwood.

[@ladyw2014]

Joe Absolom not the best actor in the world.

[@bonniegoodwin8234]

P

[@blacklightning298]

I thought he way Z gay

[@edwardthomas2212]

This show insults your intelligence!

[@myfrugalraggylife7104]

Does he need a bath ? he can't stop scratching !

[@Olhamo]

good god. i wonder how these actors really feel about the characters. He seeems so bored, and tired of advertising, it makes me feel for him.. . after all, the brain measures and records everything. it does not distinguish between dreck and creative acting, or blood and fruit jelly and paint. One might become the character... They all seem sadly under-engaged by the scripts, and character development. under-engaged, yet indentured. and the writing! that dog... it never goes anywhere, such a tired and cutesy joke. No offense to a very charming, and clearly professional dog... but really. enough is enough. i am also worried for Clunes that he doesn’t become like bloodless stone, with ears, doesn’t sink into his character’s expressionless face, and vague and not so vague, constant sociopathic ( and PTSD- founded) displeasure. They all appear to be good actors, but the series. frankly, ..so disappointingly downhill since the movie that inspired it. I liked the film, which at least showed facets to Doc. He has become a caricature, and one imagines, he does it, does the embodiment, a separate thing, to keep himself human. Doc and Penhale are the worst, scriptwise. Luisa always brings some humanity to the series, but even she is sorely tested, that is, the actor is... The elder Large somehow always manages to make himself real and engsgijg, with whatever material he is given.. his hats are wonderful. .. or maybe the writers favour him? Luisa, as wife, there is no chemistry, zero energy between she and Doc. almost only a heavy karma, and no humour there either- is it even believable? I struggle to just suspend criticism, which I love to do! do Brits really find this series funny? entertaining, and distracting perhaps. Or, could it be that it is cathartic, vis a vis seeing doctors. One wants to see the rude doctor, because one wants to be the rude patient! small potatoes.. One respects the attempt, anyeay, and it makes you feel (;it must be) better to be an actor in it, one felels compassion for others, but quite dead a(

[@crzycatalyna]

I did not read a thing you wrote

[@RM-ti8nf]

Wat