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"Ioan Gruffudd has revealed that he is keen to film more Hornblower television movies. The Welsh actor played the role of Horatio Hornblower in eight films between 1998 and 2003. &amp;quot;We have only scratched the surface of what we could do,&amp;quot; he told Entertainment Weekly.  &amp;quot;I began doing those films when I was 23, and I think it would be amazing for one actor to visit the same part over the course of his career, playing the character&amp;#039;s whole span of life.&amp;quot; Gruffudd, who currently stars opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar in The CW&amp;#039;s Ringer, added that he is keen to dramatise more of C.S. Forester&amp;#039;s Hornblower novels if his new show is a hit. &amp;quot;If Ringer is a success, and my star continues to rise, I might be in a position to put [more Hornblower films] together,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I would really love to do it.&amp;quot; The final Hornblower film, Duty - also starring Robert Lindsay and Paul McGann - aired on January 6, 2003. &amp;gt; Ringer: &amp;#039;She&amp;#039;s Ruining Everything&amp;#039; recap Watch a classic Hornblower clip below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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