INTERVIEW
I also think that Danny has a few
surprises up his sleeve. He’s a
complicated person and there are parts
of him that are revealed slowly over the
course of the five hours. It’s all part of
this world that Tom has created where
you aren’t quite certain of anything.
CREDITS: WTTV Ltd - Joss Barratt
TGUK: What is the relationship
between Danny and Scottie?
BW: Danny and Scottie have been
friends for a very long time, and in a
way it’s the central relationship in the
series. That’s another thing I love about
London Spy - it features this friendship
between two gay men, one who is in his
sixties and one who is in his twenties, so
two very different generations.
There are unspoken feelings from
Scottie towards Danny, but over the
course of the story we realise that
Danny does in his own way reciprocate
those feelings of love and tenderness
towards Scottie, who is a wonderful,
wise and humane person, with a core of
sadness in him.
Jim is an incredible actor, and it’s
impossible to say how he does what he
does. He’s got an incredible range as an
actor, so he can inhabit vastly different
people.
TGUK: What do you hope
audiences will get from the series?
BW: I really hope that it is as an exciting
and moving and layered experience as I
found it to read. I think there is
something about watching a character
go to the limits of an experience, to
watch a character get dragged over the
coals and plunge into something very
dark and painful, and to come through
that experience, it’s really powerful for
an audience to watch.
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