James Norton: “When I left myself with Imogen Poots I fell on the world on myself: I found refuge only in a Zen monastery”

James Norton He has no secrets. Or at least he does not do the star during the interviews with “no comment” of any kind. The 39 -year -old London, one of the favorites for the role of James Bond, already known for Grantchester And Hope Valleymakes no mystery of the rupture with IMOGEN POOTS, 36 years old, who attended from 2018 to 2023 and has also recently been paparazzi with Lily Allen.

Al Glastonbury Festival He declared his truth about the end of the relationship: «I thought I was wrong, everything happened so suddenly. I wanted to have children, get married and everything else, instead my life ended up undergoing changing totally direction ».

In the meantime, he founded his production company, we will see him in House of the Dragon And he will be the protagonist of King and Conqueroras he anticipated at the French Festival Series Mania.

Ralph Lauren 50th Anniversary Event at Bethesda TerraceFeaturing: James Norton, IMOGEN POOTSWhere: New York, New York, United Stateswhen: 07 Sep 2018Credit: Wenn.comCS5 / IPA-AGENCY.NET

But to get to find a balance, the road was not easy. «Not only did I lose that person but the life towards whom he brought me, The children we had already given the names And things like that. And in this year and a half I suffered the biggest changes that could be imagined, I grew up and become a man ».

As a consequence of the removal from the girlfriend He attended a Buddhist gathering called Plum Village which describes how the “Best place in the world. It is a Zen Buddhist community and changes your life».

James Norton had proposed to his colleague to marry him in 2022 but did not make the break public, at least at the beginning. Al The Sunday Times He said: “On some choices you don’t have control but I have no grudges.”

James Norton at least the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition Preview Party Held at Burlington House London ....
James Norton at least attending The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition Preview Party Held at Burlington House, London. Picture Date: Wednesday June 11, 2025.Ian West / IPa-Agecy.net

The actor, often involved in committed projects, at the Berlin Film Festival to present the film The shadow of Stalin (Mr. Jones) of Agnieszka Holland with Vanessa Kirby had told that His relationship with Imogen Poots was made up of many distancesmany flights and long phone calls. And he had smiled by saying that none of this weighed him because when you find the right person it is always worth it, a speech that she has made several times in some interviews. Although separated by an ocean, in short, they were consolidating a relationship but apparently it has crumbled not for problems of agenda conflicts but for differences in vision on the future together. He confesses that The world collapsed on him Because he is not a man from flirts but by lasting relationships and who knows he doesn’t find what he is looking for soon, maybe on the next set.

Source: Vanity Fair

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