James Norton goes back to his roots as he returns to idyllic hometown cinema for charity screening... before helping to clean up afterwards!
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He has played a variety of roles from a crime-solving vicar to terrifying villain Tommy-Lee Royce in Happy Valley, but James Norton's latest part may be his worthiest role to date. For the British acting heartthrob – born and bred in North Yorkshire - went back to his roots at the cinema he went to as he was growing up and was happy to muck in.
![[Cinema goers were astonished to spot the acclaimed actor, currently starring in primetime ITV baby swap drama Playing Nice, patiently waiting inside the cinema as they filed out of their film]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/01/94001475-14274995-image-m-23_1736645697799.jpg)
He chose The Palace Independent Cinema in his idyllic home town Malton for a private charity screening of one of his new projects for family and friends before Christmas. And he showed his northern grit and humility had not left him by picking up a broom and helping to clean the auditorium before the lights went down.
![[The actor showed his northern grit and humility had not left him by picking up a broom and helping to clean the auditorium before the lights went down]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/01/94001473-14274995-image-m-25_1736645719579.jpg)
Cinema goers were astonished to spot the acclaimed actor, currently starring in primetime ITV baby swap drama Playing Nice, patiently waiting inside the cinema as they filed out of their film. And he stopped to chat and happily posed for selfies before his screening in aid of baby loss charity Tommy's and impressed the historic cinema's owner Jeremy Powell with his hands-on approach.
![[Norton is currently starring in ITV baby swap drama Playing Nice]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/01/93921351-14274995-Playing_Nice_hit_our_screens_earlier_this_week_on_ITV-a-26_1736645964541.jpg)
Speaking exclusively to the Mail on Sunday, Jeremy said: 'We donated the cinema screen to a showing of one of his films for a private family charity night for 86 of James's family and friends. 'He was an absolutely charming chap as you'd imagine. He used to come to the cinema when he was growing up.
![[James McArdle plays Miles Lambert, while Jessica Brown Findlay plays his wife Lucy]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/01/93949893-14274995-James_McArdle_plays_Miles_Lambert_while_Jessica_Brown_Findlay_ha-a-27_1736645969910.jpg)
