With
the latest news about The Fear,
however, it may just be that Harry did not get his summer travels wish, and the
U.S.A. was not graced with his presence.
Just as it was announced the other day that read-throughs of The Fear script had begun, it’s now been
confirmed that principal photography (in Brighton) for the mini-series has definitely
begun as well (Martin, “BCD…Begins”).
Earlier
today, Lloydalists came across the “new official synopsis” of The Fear, which was cited by Cult Box:
Pursuing his
dream of rebuilding Brighton's derelict West Pier, Richie Beckett's hard-earned
respectability is threatened by two new enemies: An invading Albanian mafia and
an aggressive form of early onset dementia. Struggling to contain the invasion,
sons Matty (Harry Lloyd) and Cal (Paul Nicholls) need a peacemaker, but
Richie's erratic and extreme behavior only inflames the situation.
As his sons and
wife Jo (Anastasia Hille) deal with the fall-out of his worsening condition, we
see further and further into Richie's decaying mind. In desperation, Richie
turns to old adversary Seb (Richard E. Grant)for answers. But with his short
term memory fading, Richie's dark past bleeds into the present, revealing
unresolved traumas that echo the chaos that now surrounds him.
What emerges is
a spiraling battle to resist an implacable enemy, acted out on the streets of
Brighton and inside the head of Richie Beckett. (Martin, “BCD…Begins”)
Indeed,
the more tidbits unearthed about The Fear,
the more eager we are to plunge ourselves into this “spiraling” world of
criminal, social, familial, and psychic turmoil.
Instead
of spending his summertime on the U.S.’s sunny West Coast, then, Harry will
undoubtedly be preoccupying himself the rest of the summer and part of the fall
researching for his role as a crime-boss’s son, preparing to face “ruthless new
rivals” to the Beckett family’s legacy (Martin, “BCD…Coming”). He’ll be playing peacemaker to Peter Mullan’s
“erratic and increasingly extreme behaviour” and helping to answer the question
Will Martin poises: “Can Richie and his family survive when his mind and world
start imploding?” (Martin, “BCD…Coming”).
Even
if much of Harry’s work has been slow to reach us lately, we seem poised for a
flood of his work—and immersive work,
too—in the coming months, if not year at least.
Certainly, it’s been a rather busy time for Harry, even if a lot of the “fuss”
has been about waiting for pictures and shows he’s already filmed to be
released. His turn in The Hollow Crown: Henry IV, Part I
(2012) came and went. Although Great Expectations (2011) debuted abroad
late last year, fans in America (and likely elsewhere) only got our greedy eyes
on the BBC’s latest Charles Dickens adaptation this year. We—and Harry—now wait for the completed Dreck (2012) and the post-production Closer to the Moon (2013) to come to
theatres.
Works Cited
Berlinger, Max. “Hot
List 2012: Harry Lloyd.” Out.com. 22
May 2012. Web. 26 July 2012. <http://www.out.com/out-exclusives/hot-list-2012/2012/05/22/harry-lloyd>.
Martin, Will. “Brighton
Crime Drama ‘The Fear’ Begins Filming. Cult Box. Cultbox.co.uk. 26 July 2012. Web. <http://www.cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/4301-brighton-crime-drama-the-fear-begins-filming>.
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“Brighton Crime Drama ‘The Fear’ Coming to Channel 4.” Cult Box. Cultbox.co.uk. 14 May 2012. Web. 26 July
2012. <http://www.cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/3737-brighton-crime-drama-the-fear-coming-to-channel-4>.
~ Researched, Reported, and Written by K
& C ~
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