What did she expect from a show about gangsters?
Stephen Knight has come to the show’s defense after Helen McCrory branded violence ‘disgusting’
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has defended the shows level of violence, after cast member Helen McCrory complained that it was ‘disgusting’. The 59-year-old screenwriter, whose show returns to screens on 25 August, has said that there will be ‘depictions of violence’ due to the show focusing on gangsters, but always tries to ‘show the consequences’ of the violence as well.‘But I always try to show the consequences of that violence, rather than the characters dusting themselves off and they’re fine again.’
Helen McCrory, who plays Polly Gray, reveals she has to look away from the scene whenever violence is about to be shown Steven also argues that it is ‘important’ to display such violent acts in the series and the consequences such violence will have on the show’s characters.
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