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Why I was wrong to doubt the mighty melodrama of MotherFatherSon

On March 27, 2019May 19, 2021 By helenistic No Comments

All about passion and tears

by Sarah Hughes | March 27, 2019 | The Guardian

When Helen McCrory launched into a monologue about a dead seal I nearly lost hope, but the family saga has won me over with its pure, jaw-dropping emotion

Warning: this piece contains spoilers for MotherFatherSon

Before MotherFatherSon began I thought I had some idea what to expect. It was written by Tom Rob Smith, creator of London Spy and The Assassination of Gianni Versace. It starred Richard Gere as a millionaire media mogul, Helen McCrory as his estranged wife and Billy Howle as their troubled, cocaine-addled son.

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MotherFatherSon: Richard Gere is subtly Machiavellian but Helen McCrory is positively regal

On March 6, 2019May 18, 2021 By helenistic No Comments

McCrory is simply excellent as Gere’s on-screen wife

by Guy Pewsey | March 6, 2019 | The Evening Standard

Standout star: Helen McCrory shines in the BBC’s new thriller / BBC Picture Archives / Steve Schofield

Quite the casting coup, to secure Richard Gere for the latest BBC drama.

The American actor has true Hollywood star status through roles in films including Pretty Woman, An American Gigolo and Primal Fear. Usually, we’re rooting for him, the silver fox with the undeniable charm. It’s refreshing, then, to find him tackling less familiar territory at the centre of a thriller where we may get a glimpse of what could be sharp fangs beneath his kilowatt smile.

Gere is Max, an American media mogul who owns newspapers and TV channels across the globe, including The National Reporter in the UK, where his son, Caden, is editor. When your primary asset is information, you hold remarkable influence, and with the UK on the verge of a general election, Max flies to London to weigh up his options. His decision comes down to more than putting a cross beside a name: the person he anoints, the one he blesses with positive coverage and exposure, could be the one to lead the country.

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MotherFatherSon on BBC: Helen McCrory spills on ‘CHAOTIC’ drama twists

On March 6, 2019May 30, 2021 By helenistic No Comments

The cast have opened up about what’s to come from the exciting and thrilling new drama

By Helen Daly | March 6, 2019 | Express

MotherFatherSon sees the lives of Caden Finch (played by Billy Howle), Max Finch (Richard Gere) and Kathryn Villiers (Helen McCrory) thrown into turmoil.

Caden is a ruthless editor of a newspaper and is desperate to impress his father, Max.

But disaster strikes at the end of the episode which changes absolutely everything.

Ahead of tonights episode, the cast and crew have spoken about what’s to come in the series.

One of the stars of the show, Helen, opened up about what viewers can expect from the extremely complex and harrowing drama.

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MotherFatherSon | Interview with Helen McCrory

On February 28, 2019April 12, 2021 By helenistic No Comments

Helen McCrory Spills the Beans About Her New TV Character

28th February 2019 | BradfordZone

Helen McCrory plays Kathryn in MotherFatherSon.

Tell us about Kathryn

Kathryn Villiers is a wealthy, educated English woman. Heir to a newspaper which her family has owned for generations – a broadsheet, which prides itself in the quality of its journalism. Her parents are distant and cold, perhaps because that is the way they were brought up; perhaps for another darker reason which she discovers in our story. She is expected to marry well, look after her inheritance and her husband, and continue on in her mother’s footsteps, but she’s rebelled. She becomes a journalist herself and on an assignment falls in love with an American steel magnet, who she can’t help noticing has more than a passing resemblance to Richard Gere!

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Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis Attend London Fashion Week

On February 18, 2019April 27, 2021 By helenistic No Comments

A Family of Fashion

by Gingersnap4Helen | helen-mccrory.com | February 18, 2019

It’s a family affair as Damian, Helen and daughter Manon attend the Erdem show for London Fashion Week on Monday, February 18, 2019 at the National Portrait Gallery in London England. The family is pictured here with British-American journalist and editor who has been editor-in-chief of Vogue since 1988 and artistic director for Condé Nast, Vogue’s publisher, since 2013, Anna Wintour.

Damian and Helen also sat front row at the Roksanda fashion show at the Old Selfridges Hotel that same day. They enjoyed a first look at the new Autumn/Winter 2019 collection.

In addition, the couple attended the Christopher Kane catwalk show at 90 High Holborn during this year’s London Fashion Week.

To view photos of all three events, please visit our Gallery here, here, and here.