George Warleggan
From humble beginnings as blacksmiths, the Warleggans have strived to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in Cornwall. George is an ambitious young banker who will stop at nothing to make a profit, even if it means seeing his closest friends financially ruined.
Jack Farthing on George
"George is a layered and elaborate character. Some people would call him a villain but I shy away from that description - what makes him so exciting is that he is like any one of us; full of jealousy and resentment, he motivates himself and has this vast ambition and inability to decide what he wants."
George strives to get the respect he feels he deserves.
Jack Farthing
"Ross and George haven't seen eye to eye since they were at school and it hasn't been explained why, which is a really interesting as it could be any number of things. When we find them at the beginning of the series, there have been years of simmering resentment and it's grown into something bigger.
"They are absolutely pitched against each other, Ross is the person that has the ability to make George feel inferior more than anyone else and that is the thing George fights against, it's his battle. He strives to get the respect he feels he deserves, Ross is the person who cares least about that, and is least afraid to put him in his place."
