Jack Lowden bundles up in a navy coat while out on a dog walk with girlfriend Saoirse Ronan as he gears up to star in BBC crime drama The Gold
Jack Lowden and his girlfriend Saoirse Ronan wrapped up for the cold weather as they head out on a dog walk in London on Friday.
The Scottish actor, who is set to star in BBC crime drama The Gold, donned a long navy coat and jeans during the outing.
The 32-year-old completed the ensemble with a pair of brown boots and carried the dogs lead.
Meanwhile, Saoirse looked effortlessly chic in a grey coat and a matching flat cap, with a dark green top and trousers underneath.
Jack and Saoirse were taking a break from their busy work schedules to enjoy some downtime walking their terrier Fran.
Couple: Jack Lowden and his girlfriend Saoirse Ronan wrapped up in long coats for the cold weather as they head out on a dog walk in London on Friday
The pair have been dating for at least three years after meeting on the set of the 2018 movie Mary Queen of Scots, in which Saoirse played the title role and Lowden was her husband, Lord Darnley.
Jack is set to star in the upcoming BBC Drama The Gold which follows the decades-long chain of events that followed what has been described as ‘the crime of the century’.
The story is set in November 1983, when six armed men broke into the Brink’s-Mat security depot near London’s Heathrow Airport and inadvertently stumbled across gold bullion worth £26 million.
Much of the three tonnes of stolen gold has never been recovered and four of the suspects were not convicted.
The disposal of the bullion was among the largest international money laundering operations of the time and left a string of killings in its wake.
In 1985 Detective Constable Fordham went to Kenneth Noye’s mansion to investigate his involvement in the money laundering after the robbery.
After entering the grounds, DC Fordham disturbed Noye’s rottweilers which attracted the attention of Noye who stabbed him to death.
Cosy: The Scottish actor, who is set to star in BBC crime drama The Gold, donned a long navy coat and jeans during the outing
Outing: Jack and Saoirse were taking a break from their busy work schedules to enjoy some downtime walking their terrier Fran
Casual: The 32-year-old completed the ensemble with a pair of brown boots and carried the dogs lead
The gangster, who passed away earlier this month aged 71, was cleared of murder after a jury accepted his claim that he had acted in self-defence.
He was jailed for 14 years in July 1986 for handling stolen gold bullion, and was freed in 1994.
In 1996 – while Noye was out on licence from prison – he stabbed Stephen Cameron, 21, to death on an M25 slip road near Swanley, Kent.
Couple: The pair have been dating for at least two years after meeting on the set of the 2018 movie Mary Queen of Scots, in which Saoirse played the title role and Lowden was her husband, Lord Darnley
After the attack, Noye fled to Spain where he lived under a false name until his arrest in 1998. When he was convicted of murder in 2000 he was given a life sentence with a minimum of 16 years.
He served nearly 20 years in prison for the murder, which took place in front of Mr Cameron’s 17-year-old fiancée Danielle Cable.
Noye was released in 2019 after it was decided he no longer posed a risk. He was last pictured in Kent in 2020.
Looking good: Saoirse looked effortlessly chic in a grey coat and a matching flat cap, with a dark green top and trousers underneath
New role: Jack is set to star in the upcoming BBC Drama The Gold which follows the decades-long chain of events that followed what has been described as ‘the crime of the century’
A younger Noye will be played by Jack Lowden while DC Fordham will be played by Hadley Fraser.
Inspired by research and interviews with some of those involved in the events, show bosses describe The Gold as ‘a pulsating dramatisation which takes a journey into a 1980s world awash with cheap money and loosened morals’.
The cast also includes Charlotte Spencer from The Duke, Tom Cullen from Black Mirror, Guilt actor Emun Elliott and Sean Harris from Southcliffe and Mission: Impossible.
The Gold will air across six episodes on BBC One and Paramount+ globally.
Starring role: Jack plays gangster Kenneth Noye in the upcoming BBC drama The Gold
