Helen McCrory as Chief Pathologist
by Amazing British Crime Drama | You Tube | September 2005
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TV Review: Messiah – The Harrowing
Helen McCrory and Maxine Peake help elevate Messiah – The Harrowing to arguably series’ devastatingly effective high point
by Ian | September 3, 2005 | thereoughttobeclowns
“See beyond the victim, see the killer”
The first series of Messiah is certainly one of the best, setting the wheels in motion for an effective crime series, but I’d argue that it is the fourth instalment Messiah – The Harrowing that is the best of them all. The arrival of a new writer – Terry Cafolla – releases the show from the baggage of its legacy which seemed to weigh the last series one and produces something that is really, well, harrowing.
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Helen McCrory at BBC Press Office: Messiah IV – The Harrowing
Helen McCrory as Rachel Price
by BBC Press Office | August 18, 2005
When preparing for her role as Messiah’s new Chief Pathologist, Rachel Price, Helen McCrory drew a line at attending a real autopsy despite being offered the opportunity.
“I walked into make-up one day for tests and opened a pathology book, literally took one look and shut it straight away. I just couldn’t bear to look at it any more.
“It wasn’t so much that I am squeamish – although I am – it was more to do with the fact that these are people who are someone’s daughter, mother, brother and that was the main difference between the character and myself,” she says.
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