Hugh Stanbury Stephen Campbell Moore "... Mr. Hugh Stanbury, a gentleman who had not a shilling... " "... Mr. Hugh Stanbury had been at college the most intimate friend of Louis Trevelyan, and at Oxford had been, in spite of Trevelyan's successes, a bigger man than his friend. Stanbury had not taken so high a degree as Trevelyan, indeed had not gone out in honours at all. He had done little for the credit of his college, and had never put himself in the way of wrapping himself up for life in the scanty lambswool of a fellowship. But he had won for himself reputation as a clever speaker, as a man who had learned much that college tutors do not profess to teach, as a hard-headed, ready-witted fellow, who, having the world as an oyster before him, which it was necessary that he should open, would certainly find either a knife or a sword with which to open it ..." A friend in need is a friend indeed, and Louis Trevelyan couldn't have a truer one than Hugh Stanbury, who puts his own troubles aside to help out when Louis and Emily's marriage hits the rocks. He behaves selflessly, but Stephen Campbell Moore, who plays Hugh, admits that his own advice to Louis wouldn't be quite so encouraging. "I'd say get rid of her and move on. Don't beat yourself up about it -- and please don't go mad in the process!" he laughs. "Hugh adores Nora. By being a part of the family and dealing with their problems he's also serving himself, however unconsciously. That's what I found most interesting -- even though he's meant to be a slightly heroic figure, he's actually just as human, fallible and self-deceiving as everybody else." Campbell Moore's break came with Stephen Fry's 2003 film Bright Young Things, in which he played Adam to considerable acclaim. Prior to that he worked solely in the theatre, mainly with the RSC.