{"id":155669,"date":"2025-06-03T20:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T20:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/155669\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T20:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T20:19:10","slug":"star-of-hit-netflix-series-recalls-heady-days-at-university-of-glasgow-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/155669\/","title":{"rendered":"Star of hit Netflix series recalls &#8216;heady days&#8217; at University of Glasgow unions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The star of a hit Netflix series has spoken out about his time spent in Glasgow as a youngster.<\/p>\n<p>English actor Matthew Goode plays Detective Chief Inspector Carl Morck in Dept. Q &#8211; the latest gritty Netflix drama which is gripping viewers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25212692.football-fans-warned-ahead-scotland-v-iceland-hampden-park\/?rel=cl_mra\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Football fans warned ahead of Scotland v Iceland at Hampden Park;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Football fans warned ahead of Scotland v Iceland at Hampden Park<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Image: Matthew Goode arrives for the special screening of Netflix&#8217;s Dept Q. Photo credit: Ian West\/PA Wire) The show, which is based on the novels by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen, follows flawed-but-excellent detective Carl Morck (Goode), who after a traumatic shootout that killed a cop and paralysed his partner, returns to work to find that he\u2019s been assigned to a new department.<\/p>\n<p>The show, which also stars Trainspotting&#8217;s Kelly Macdonald, moves from Copenhagen to the Scottish capital Edinburgh, and is directed and written by multiaward-winning Scott Frank.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25212637.theatre-chief-quits-months-scottish-government-funding-row\/?rel=cl_lsa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Theatre chief quits months after Scottish Government funding row;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Theatre chief quits months after Scottish Government funding row<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/topics\/bbc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BBC;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">BBC<\/a> Radio Scotland, Goode said: &#8220;My brother used to go to Glasgow University, so I spent quite a hefty amount of time going back and forth and when I went up to Scotland I was going, &#8216;I wish I&#8217;d come here instead&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were two unions there and my brother used to go to the Sports Union. I think they had the Hive nightclub attached to it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He met me, after about 10 pints, and he went off and did an exam. Those were the heady days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a brilliant Glasgow accent, the actor added: &#8220;There\u00a0was another place where we&#8217;d end up eating cheesy chips.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fans of the actor flocked to the social media video to share their joy at Goode&#8217;s memories of the city and his spot-on accent.<\/p>\n<p>One person said: &#8220;Wow, brilliant Glaswegian accent and\u00a0absolutely loved Dept Q.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another said: &#8220;Matthew Goode knowing The Hive was not on my bingo card.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The star of a hit Netflix series has spoken out about his time spent in Glasgow as a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,66108,918,15552,4884,66109,66107,64728,31187,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-155669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-carl-morck","10":"tag-glasgow","11":"tag-glasgow-university","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-jussi-adler-olsen","14":"tag-kelly-macdonald","15":"tag-matthew-goode","16":"tag-netflix-series","17":"tag-scotland","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114621288451983134","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}