Bodyguard’s Keeley Hawes wants to Tango on Strictly with co-star Richard Madden

Keeley Hawes's Bodyguard character may have come to an untimely end, but viewers could see Julia Montague reunited with David Budd after all — on the Strictly dance floor.

With Strictly Come Dancing back on screens, one tweeter took the opportunity to request that Hawes and her co-star Richard Madden return for a spin on the dance floor this Christmas.

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Guardian film critic @PeterBradshaw1 requested that the pair do the tango – appropriate, given their fiery onscreen chemistry – and Hawes spotted the tweet.

"I don't see why not," the actress responded.

https://twitter.com/Misskeeleyhawes/status/1043615949918744578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1043615949918744578&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetro.co.uk%2F2018%2F09%2F23%2Fkeeley-hawes-wants-to-tango-with-bodyguard-co-star-richard-madden-on-strictly-come-dancing-7970884%2F

Of course, the nation is now desperate to see Strictly execs turn this dream into a reality.

https://twitter.com/Snarglepip/status/1043616549268070402

https://twitter.com/racheyrooney/status/1043620195120623621

Luckily the BBC have already cottoned on.

https://twitter.com/BBCOne/status/1043783230376370178

And fans already have a pretty good idea of what song the Bodyguard pair should dance to: the Whitney Houston hit from the singer's film, The Bodyguard.

https://twitter.com/deakin_lewis/status/1043617300694413313

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWTaaS7LdU

The Bodyguard finale airs Sunday 23rd September at 9pm on BBC1