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TV & Satellite Week
|March 30, 2019
Helen McCrory on this week’s shocking revelations in MotherFatherSon
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Helen McCrory has never shied away from challenging roles, from a gangland matriarch in Peaky Blinders to a forthright humanrights lawyer in Fearless. Her latest performance as troubled Kathryn Villiers in BBC2 drama MotherFatherSon is no exception.
‘I was so keen to play the role that I gatecrashed the auditions,’ McCrory laughs. ‘The series looks so superbly at the chaos of life. There are so many different layers.’
This story is from the March 30, 2019 edition of TV & Satellite Week.
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