Doc Martin's Martin Clunes issues brutal verdict after staying in Trump's Scotland hotel
Doc Martin's Martin Clunes issues brutal verdict after staying in Trump's Scotland hotel
In recent months Martin Clunes has spoken about his experience with travelling the world for work, and how it feels to be leaving the role of Doc Martin as the programme heads to the USA
Martin Clunes has expressed his displeasure at staying in one of Donald Trump's hotels
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Doc Martin star Martin Clunes has issued a brutal verdict on what he thought about staying in one of Donald Trump's hotels, an experience so notable that he checked out a day early.
The former Men Behaving Badly actor was speaking about the worst places he has stayed in, when he remarked that one of Trump's Scottish properties was among that list.
Martin, 63, was speaking to The i about his globe trotting acting and documentary making career when he made his admission.
The worst stay, the actor and presenter claims, was 'a trucker's shack in Madagascar'. As to why, he explained: 'It was called a hotel, but it was like a series of cells.
'The light socket had bits of wire coming out of it and matchsticks in it to wedge in plugs and there was a cup full of condoms on the table.
Coming in a close second was one of Donald Trump's hotels in Scotland. Martin remembered: 'It has the atmosphere of Terminal Five at Heathrow. It's just bizarre. We checked out a day early.'
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Martin Clunes decided to check out a day early from one of Trump's hotels
Martin's comments come as it is revealed that the beloved ITV series Doc Martin is set to undergo a transformation for a US version of the show. However, it is not a remake that will feature the actor in his traditional lead role.
It has been reported that, instead, fellow actor Josh Charles will take on the character for the American version of the programme.
Speaking about the US adaptation of the show, which will air on the Fox Television Network, the company's president Michael Thorn said: 'The story of Doc Martin has resonated worldwide with its humanity, originality, and humour, and with Best Medicine coming to Fox, that eccentricity gets a small-town America spin, complete with idyllic charm and absurdity.
'Liz, Mark, Philippa, Ben, and Rodney have done a terrific job adapting this signature character for the Fox audience, especially in casting the terrifically talented Josh Charles as our lead.'
As a new era begins for Doc Martin in the USA, the programmes time in the UK is coming to an end after 20-years and 10 seasons on the air.
Martin Clunes' time as Doc Martin is coming to an end
Speaking ahead of the final season, Martin and producer Philippa Braithwaite thanked fans for sticking by the show through two decades of filming.
In a statement they said: 'When we launched the series in 2004 we could never have imagined how much our loyal viewers would take to the grumpy Doc like they have.
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"The series has avid fans both in the UK and throughout the world and we are thrilled that Doc Martin has topped the ratings every time.
'However, after sixteen years we now feel that the time has come to say goodbye to Portwenn. We will be making the tenth and final series in 2021 and we are very much looking forward to returning to Cornwall to film it.'
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