Categories Damian Lewis Personal and Family Life

Helen and Damian Celebrate New Years Eve

Fireworks for the Lewis-McCrory Household

by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | December 31, 2019

Source: Instagram @DynamicFireworks

Damian and Helen celebrate New Year’s Eve with bang as they pick up some fireworks from UK based firework retailer, Dynamic Fireworks. They must have had a spectacular display as they rang in the New Year! How kind of them to pose for photos with all the store employees:

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Categories Interviews Peaky Blinders Print Media

Helen McCrory Interview: The Chap

Peaky Blinders Season 5

by Gustav Temple | The Chap | November 29, 2019

Gustav Temple meets the star of Peaky Blinders, whose character Aunt Polly not only holds the entire Shelby family together, but also wears the most stylish outfits.

I’ve talked to your co-star Paul Anderson and creator Steven Knight about the men’s styling of Peaky Blinders. What was your experience in the costume department? Did you have any say in what you wear as Aunt Polly?

I’m a real pain in the neck when it comes to costume, because it’s really important to me. I’ve always really designed what I’ve been wearing alongside the designer, because it makes an enormous difference to how you move, how you’re perceived and how you feel. So right from the beginning when we started Peaky, I wanted Polly to have a very tight silhouette, so they were saying, ‘This is the period, it’s drop-waist…’ and I said, yeah, I’m not wearing that. We need a corset and a hobble skirt and boots up to the thigh, and everything a size too small, tailored within an inch of its life. We need massive hair, with pins I’m going to stab people with, things I can whip out of fur, I need a gun on the inside thigh in a garter. It should all make me feel a certain way.

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Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory attend the 65th Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Sophisticated Couple

by Sean O’Grady | November 24, 2019  | Daily Mail

They have been enjoying wedded bliss for more than twelve years.

And Damian Lewis and his wife Helen McCrory looked every inch the sophisticated couple as they attended the 65th annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards held at The London Coliseum on Sunday.

The Homeland actor, 48, looked dapper at the star-studded event, donning a black blazer and matching trousers with a crisp white shirt and a black bow tie.

Couple: Damian Lewis, 48, and his wife Helen McCrory, 51, attended the 65th annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards held at The London Coliseum on Sunday

Helen, 51, looked radiant as ever as she posed on the red carpet alongside her other half in a black off the shoulder gown.

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