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‘Peaky Blinders’ creator Steven Knight pays tribute to “perfect” Helen McCrory

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Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has shared a tribute to the late Helen McCrory.The showrunner worked with McCrory as Polly Shelby in the hit BBC series.“Helen McCrory was both the sovereign and the maid, regal and rebellious in the same minute,” Knight told the Radio Times (per Metro).“There was a look she had that pinned the object of her gaze to the wall, amused and aloof and time-stopping.

It was a look she used to frame the character of Polly Gray, from 2013-19.“Her first moment as Polly on screen shattered all preconceptions of what a woman of her age living in those times should look like and act like.”Knight detailed Aunt Polly’s origins, which were inspired by his own life.

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