BBC Breakfast | January 18, 2022
‘We hope the series itself will be a testament to Helen’
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight pays tribute to Helen McCrory on #BBCBreakfast following her death last year. The actress played Aunt Polly in the hit series. https://t.co/QOKbotpWxk pic.twitter.com/zFi3lXGGa8
— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) January 18, 2022
Cillian Murphy | December 12, 2021 | The Observer
17 August 1968 – 16 April 2021
The actor on his Peaky Blinders co-star, a supremely talented and compassionate performer whose grace and dignity never deserted her.
I first met Helen in the late 90s, when I attended an audition for a play at the Donmar Warehouse in London – I think Colin Farrell got the role. For some reason, she was there. I was just starting out, really nervous, and I think she picked up on that. We went outside at one point to smoke a rollie and she was really kind and supportive. I mentioned it to her when we started doing Peaky Blinders and she actually remembered it.
Helen had this genuine compassion. It was part of her DNA. She wasn’t an actor who turned up, did the gig and went home. All the way through Peaky Blinders, she would chat to members of the crew as well as the actors. She knew everyone’s name. It’s a huge collaboration making a series like that and it’s easy to think it’s only about the actors, but she was always very aware of the collective aspect of what we do. At the wrap for series two, she actually got up and performed a poem to us all. It was about how special the show was and how great the crew were. It was humorous, but really considerate. She had obviously put a lot of thought into it. It was pure Helen.
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by Helenistic | October 14, 2021 | helen-mccrory.com
Peaky Blinders official Twitter account has recently shared the cover of the new The Peaky Blinders Compendium: The Official A-Z Guide to the World of Peaky Blinders.
We’re excited to share the cover to The Peaky Blinders Compendium: The Official A-Z Guide to the World of #PeakyBlinders! If you’re looking for the perfect gift for the Peaky Blinders fan in your life, this is the book you need. Pre-order now: https://t.co/HD8gNAr77F pic.twitter.com/n3QToXVPts
— Peaky Blinders (@ThePeakyBlinder) October 8, 2021
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by Gustav Temple | Summer 2021 Issue | The Chap
I interviewed Helen McCrory in the summer of 2019, during the build up to the screening on the BBC of the fifth series of Peaky Blinders. The main interview was done over the phone, during the whirlwind press junket she was on with all the cast, which undoubtedly would have involved dozens of similar interviews. When you interview a big star like McCrory, there is a press officer breathing on the line, ready to step in and halt the conversation if something said isn’t to their liking. You have already been briefed, usually, only to ask questions about the show they are promoting and not to stray from the approved script.
The first thing I expected, from experience with such interviews with actors, was a lot of ‘darlings’, lofty talk about “the craft” and quotes from Shakespeare, added to a refusal to discuss anything that didn’t promote the current project. So it took me by surprise when Helen immediately showed interest in the interviewer.
