I don't suppose there's any chance of getting someone to play Bill Nighy or someone of a similar age (that could pass for 60) to join a comm for me? Also more than happy to start things off as a PSL (and willing to keep it as such, but the comm if very low pressure).
He'd be her ex from 15 years ago (they had an affair when she was working at the same newspaper as him), and I had it that he was an arts editor (this is only really applicable for the comm), but I can probably change that.