The Strike Back page on Sky1′s website is now taking shape, with detailed pages as follows:
Richard on John Porter page: In Richard’s interview, he describes the character of John Porter as ‘a kind of killing machine who’s discovered quite a serious flaw whereby compassion kicks in and he allows his heart to rule his head’
He also discusses why he took the role, what was involved in the training, his competitive nature, and he reveals that he wasn’t allowed to do the cliff jump despite performing many of the other stunts as it was too dangerous – presumably this is the jump that we’ve seen in the trailers.
In the interview with Shelley Conn, we discover that Danni’s relationship with John Porter is fairly ambiguous. She says ‘I think it’ll be interesting for the audience because they’ll be seeing it more from Porter’s point of view than anybody else’s, so they won’t necessarily know how much is real.’
In Orla Brady’s interview she says that this is a story ‘of people and how they cope with and how they survive moments in life when things go very badly wrong. There’s also something very beautiful about the idea of a man who’s made a terrible mistake and then has the chance to set it right.’
And when discussing Richard she gives high praise indeed. ‘Very few actors could carry off this part, in that very few actors have the physique to be believable as a big SAS guy, yet have a deep sensitivity. He has both these things and that’s a very powerful combination.’
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