Cinderella hunk Richard Madden has insisted the latest adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover in which he stars will focus on romance, not raciness.

DH Laurence’s novel was the subject of an obscenity trial in Britain after it was first published in full in 1960, because of the graphic language it uses to describe the passionate love affair between married aristocrat Lady Chatterley and her gamekeeper Oliver Mellors.

Game Of Thrones star Richard as been cast opposite Holliday Grainger in a new BBC adaptation of the infamous story.

Richard Madden with his Doctor Who star girlfriend Jenna Louise Coleman (Matt Crossick/PA)
Richard Madden with his Doctor Who star girlfriend Jenna Coleman (Matt Crossick/PA)

Richard revealed: “We’ve shot it, it was great.

“It’s not like that. Look on Google, we can see everything that’s raunchy and racy, we don’t need to show that in a film.

“That’s what’s good is you can push all the sauciness aside and actually tell a story about these people.”

Richard and Holliday will play lovers in the BBC adaptation (Todd Williamson/Invision)
Richard and Holliday will play lovers in the BBC adaptation (Todd Williamson/Invision)

In the new Disney adaptation of Cinderella, Richard plays Prince Charming, while Holliday plays one of her wicked step-sisters Anastasia.

Holliday joked about her TV role: “Anastasia got the prince in the end! It was fun to work on, very different to Cinderella.”

Lady Chatterley’s Lover is expected to air on BBC One later this year.