The Fear Update: Harry's "Matty Beckett" May Help Dad Handle a Triple-Threat

Yesterday, we reported that Harry Lloyd will take a turn in a contemporary mafia-crime-drama on the UK’s Channel 4 later this year. (See entry here).

We’ve just learned that not only will Peter Mullan’s family patriarch of Richie Beckett be dealing with the Albanian mafia, but he is also hoping to “revamp the city’s West Pier” while battling the crime wave and dealing with “early-onset dementia” (“Richard Nails”).  This intense triple-threat of crime-fighting, city-cleaning, and mental-grappling should make for a wholly-poignant, gripping dramatic miniseries and, no doubt, the presence of Beckett’s sons will become more pivotal, as he relies on them to assist him in these personal, professional, and social horrors.  In short, The Fear may prove an even more definitive, nuanced role for Harry Lloyd than previously imagined.

An online French article confirms for us Harry’s character’s name as “Matty Beckett”; Paul Nicholls, brother to Harry’s Matty, will play “Cal Beckett” (Wittman).  Translating Carine Wittman’s article (roughly) into English reveals that Wittman mentions that Richie Beckett will slowly lose his dominating position in the local crime-lord arena and begin to put his family in a very dangerous position, eventually taking advance from Richard E. Grant’s character “Seb,” even though the two are rivals (Wittman; translation C’s).  Another report from this morning mentions that Seb will be a plastic surgeon “whose seedy past gets him involved with the crime boss” (Eames).  Meanwhile, Richie’s sons will attempt to “attempt to prevent a terrible end to their mafia family” (Wittman; translation C’s).

Singling out Harry Lloyd towards the end of the article, Wittman makes a very promising suggestion. “The career of Harry Lloyd is definitely launched,” she stresses, adding that following his turn in Game of Thrones (2011) came a role in Great Expectations (2011) and recently, a part in 2012's The Hollow Crown, which “has met with some success on BBC Two” (Wittman; translation C’s).

I don’t know about you all, but I’m still eagerly awaiting the moment that The Fear slides into place on Harry’s The Internet Movie Database page. For some reason, a role doesn’t quite feel “real” until that magic moment of the inclusion on that page.

Works Cited

Eames, Tom. “Richard E. Grant Joins Channel 4 Drama ‘The Fear.’” Digital Spy. Digitalspy.co.uk. 26 July 2012. Web. <http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a395425/richard-e-grant-joins-channel-4-drama-the-fear.html?rss>.

“Richard Nails Role in New C4 Crime Drama.” The Sun. TheSun.co.uk. 26 July 2012. Web. <http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4454076/Richard-E-Grant-has-nabbed-a-starring-role-in-new-Channel-4-drama-The-Fear.html>.

Wittman, Carine. “Channel 4 annonce la distribution de The Fear.” d'A-suivre.org. a-suivre.org. 26 July 2012. Web. <http://www.a-suivre.org/annuseries/filinfo/une_info_annuserie_index.php?id=3504>.

~Written & Posted by C ~