Bodyguard's Richard Madden plans to 'ESCAPE' fame with secluded Scottish hideaway.

Almost 11 million viewers tuned in for Sunday's gripping finale of the hit BBC One series written by Jed Mercurio.

Yet Richard Madden has revealed plans to escape all his new-found fame by moving to a secluded Scottish hideaway after the huge success of Bodyguard.

The Game of Thrones actor, 32, who has been tipped to be the next James Bond, set fans' pulses racing when he shared several saucy scenes with Keeley Hawes' character and even bared his toned bottom. 

Yet the star has admitted he doesn't want to be known as a 'hunky thing' and plans to escape to a secluded Scottish hideaway. 

Talking to the Daily Star, he said: 'My aim is to buy a little place on the west coast to escape. It’s so gorgeous. I am also my happiest up there. It would be so quiet too. 

'I worry about it affecting my job. If people go, "Oh, you know, he’s that hunky thing", that undermines that actually I am an actor.'

This is just the start of Richard's successful career and the actor is set to star in the musical film Rocketman, where he will play Sir Elton John’s lover and former manager John Reid.

Richard is currently dating Nocturnal Animals actress Ellie Bamber, 21, with the two recently enjoying a romantic getaway to Milan Fashion Week.

The actor previously dated Victoria actress Jenna Coleman, with the two having an on-off relationship for four years, splitting in 2015.  

MailOnline