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Peaky Blinders’ Joe Cole: ‘Helen McCrory was a force of nature’

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By Helenistic | helen-mccrory.com | September 15, 2024

In a new  “What I’ve Learnt” interview with The Sunday Times, British Actor Joe Cole, who worked with Helen on Peaky Blinders,  pays a lovely tribute to her.

“Helen McCrory was a force of nature. The people who burn the brightest in this world may be the people who are taken too soon. [The actress, who played Polly Gray in Peaky Blinders, died in 2021.] It’s heartbreaking. You felt like you had to be on your toes around her, in a good way. She’d be asking you what you were doing that weekend, then she’d be cracking jokes and you’d have to have your game face on. She seized life by the balls. She was amazing with my little brother, Finn. Peaky Blinders was his first acting role. I know they were very close. She left a real mark on the world. I assumed everyone was as charismatic and funny as her, but as I’ve gone through the industry I’ve realised, oh, wait, no, that was just Helen.”

You can read the interview in its entirety here.

Categories Medea Tributes

Danny Sapani Pays Tribute to Helen McCrory In A New Interview

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Partnering with Helen in Medea

By Helenistic | helen-mccrory.com | February 6, 2024

Helen with Danny Sapani in rehearsals for Medea

In a new interview with The Telegraph, British Actor Danny Sapani , who is preparing for his role of King Lear at the Almeida, pays a lovely tribute to Helen. Sapani shared the stage with Helen in Medea at the National Theatre in 2014.

“It’s hard not to think of death even when you’re in your early 50s. When you hit 50, it’s like walking down sniper’s alley. All sorts of health issues come into play. Impending mortality feels present.” And he says that he still mourns the loss of Helen McCrory, at 52, “We knew each other before Medea. We were close, and I think about her a lot doing this. Working with her was a highlight of my career. She was meticulous about every detail and she changed the way I worked.”

You can read Sapani’s interview in its entirety in The Telegraph here.

Categories His Dark Materials Tributes

His Dark Materials pays tribute to Helen McCrory

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The third and final season of His Dark Materials arrived on BBC One and BBC iPlayer this past weekend – and it kicked off with a very fitting tribute to one of its late actors.

Helen McCrory, who was perhaps best known for her role as Aunt Polly in Peaky Blinders and Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, voiced the character of Lord Asriel’s daemon Stelmaria in the hit BBC fantasy series. The actor passed away in 2021 at the age of 52 after a battle with cancer.

At the end of season 3‘s premiere episode, which aired on Sunday 18th December, the end credits rolled, reading: “In memory of Helen McCrory, OBE

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Guy Pearce says he could ‘feel’ Helen McCrory on set when he filmed with her husband Damian Lewis

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‘Her essence and soul was quite present’

by Charlotte Dean | November 30, 2022 | Daily Mail Online

Guy Pearce has discussed filming A Spy Amongst Friends with Damian Lewis shortly after his late wife Helen McCrory‘s death in April last year.

The actor, 55, said he could feel the Peaky Blinders actress’ ‘essence’ on set as they filmed the drama together, during an appearance on Wednesday’s This Morning.

Guy admitted he was ‘surprised’ that Damian was shooting again so soon after Helen’s death, but he revealed she had insisted on him taking the job.

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Judi Dench has planted “memorial trees” in Remembrance of Helen McCrory and Other Late Actors

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“This is Helen McCrory”

by Isabel Lewis | The Independent | October 27, 2022

Helen McCrory in the press room at the Virgin Media BAFTA TV awards, held at the Royal Festival Hall in London. (Photo by Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images)

Judi Dench has a forest filled with “memorial trees” planted in remembrance of actors such as Alan Rickman and Helen McCrory.

In a forthcoming episode of Louis Theroux’s new interview series airing on Tuesday (1 November), the much-loved actor shows the presenter around the private forest that extends from the garden in her Surrey home.

In her grounds, the veteran actor has planted trees dedicated to friends and loved ones from throughout the industry who have died. Continue reading Judi Dench has planted “memorial trees” in Remembrance of Helen McCrory and Other Late Actors