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Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
A Thousand Blows cast tease 'madness and mayhem' in season 2
A Thousand Blows is out now on Disney+ and has already stormed the charts with its gripping tale of the rise of Jamaican Hezekiah Moscow (Malachi Kirby) in the boxing scene of Victorian England, and the colourful characters he meets along the way. The good news is that anyone keen to see the story continue will get to do so because the series was commissioned for two seasons straight off the bat, with both filming back-to-back. And the cast tease to Yahoo UK that there is a lot to be excited about in the upcoming epsiodes, namely a lot more "madness and mayhem". Season 1 ends with Hezekiah Moscow parting ways with Mary Carr, the leader of the Forty Elephants, who he came to believe was using him for her own gain. With the pair's relationship fractured and Hezekiah still grieving the death of his best friend Alec Munroe, he is at a loss of what to do next. Hannah Walters, who both stars and executive produced the series, says: "I think it's just more of the same, just more of the madness and mayhem and emotional torment, and fun [of] everything. It's even more, I'd say. It's a journey, it's a proper journey, but it's one that you don't want to... it's a mad train you don't want to get off of." Daniel Mays, who plays MC Punch Lewis, described season one as being "left on a knife edge", and said of season 2: "There's obviously been huge amounts of conflicts between the dynamics of the characters, and it's about really how they can repair that and move forward. It just feels like the stakes are even higher the second round." This was a sentiment mirrored by James Nelson-Joyce, who portrays Treacle Goodson, who went on to tease: "You really see them pull together as a community, like everyone comes together in season 2 cause an outside forces trying to penetrate in and so everyone backs each other. "And that's the beautiful thing about Season 2 is we're not warring with each other, we're all protecting one another really. It's good." A return date has not been confirmed for A Thousand Blows, but those who finish the series will have been given a taste of what's to come with a teaser trailer for the next season. It was simply stated that the show's second season would be "coming soon" and an announcement of a date will likely be imminent. Speaking of the collaboration with Disney+ on the series, Walters tells Yahoo UK: "Disney+ have been incredibly supportive and they saw the mileage within the TV series, which is why we got the two seasons, which is incredible for us and yeah, super exciting." A Thousand Blows season 1 is out now on Disney+.
The Guardian
15-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
On my radar: Malachi Kirby's cultural highlights
The actor and writer Malachi Kirby was born in London in 1989. He enrolled in a drama group at the Battersea Arts Centre aged 14 and later attended London's Identity School of Acting. He was shortlisted for outstanding newcomer at the 2011 Evening Standard theatre awards, for Mogadishu. On TV he has appeared in the 2016 remake of Roots, Black Mirror, and as Darcus Howe in Steve McQueen's Mangrove; his film work includes Boiling Point and Wicked Little Letters. Kirby, who lives on the outskirts of London, stars as Hezekiah Moscow in the Disney+ series A Thousand Blows, set in the world of illegal boxing in the Victorian East End. It starts on 21 February. Horse riding I started horse riding in 2015 when I was filming Roots and it was a crash course for sure. They had me riding bareback by the second lesson. It was exciting and terrifying, but I fell in love with horses very quickly and it brought me a lot of peace. I've wanted to go back to it ever since, so I've just started riding again and taking it much slower this time – even though I've cantered and ridden bareback in the past, I haven't actually gotten past trotting yet, but I'm really enjoying it. The Black Kitchen, London SW16 A friend was telling me about this place in Balham that has incredible Jamaican patties, which are one of my favourite things to eat. These ones are called secret patties, which made my guard go up: like, what's the secret? Why can't you tell me? Apparently it's got oxtail and mac'n'cheese in it, which is something I'd never considered, but it's an incredible idea. I don't know if I can eat a patty the same way again now. The restaurant is moving to a bigger place in Streatham and I'm excited to see what other secrets they've got on their menu. Hard Truths (dir Mike Leigh) I went to see this with my mum the other day. Mike Leigh is one of her favourite directors, and watching this one made me realise what she loves about him. He has a very distinctive style and a way of letting moments breathe, and I love that. Marianne Jean-Baptiste is incredible as a woman who's angry at the world. Her performance confused me at first, I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be laughing or feeling heartbroken, but then there's a moment where it all starts to make sense. Leigh manages to capture everyday life in a way that makes the ordinary extraordinary. Lessons in Chemistry (Apple TV+) I'm on the last episode of this show and honestly it's one of my favourite things right now. Brie Larson plays a brilliant scientist in 1950s America who isn't respected in her lab, so she brings her chemistry skills to cooking instead and ends up hosting a cookery show on TV. Essentially it's about a woman who, through remaining integral to who she is, changes the environment she lives in and the way that things are done in that time. I've been cooking a lot this year, so the show has inspired me in that regard as well. South Bank, London SE1 One of my favourite places in the world, especially in the summer. In my late teens I started going there to write, and I remember being taken aback because there would be dancers with boomboxes and people in suits having business meetings, and no one was looking down their nose at anyone. Everyone could fill the space without apologising for their existence. Also, it was the one public place that I was able to go and take a nap without getting [moved on]. I wish more of the world was like that. Retrograde (Apollo theatre, London W1, from 8 March) I saw this play at the Kiln last year and I'm really looking forward to seeing it on a bigger stage when it transfers to the West End next month. It's about the actor Sidney Poitier and it focuses on a single conversation that changed his career – he comes out of it completely transformed. I think Ryan Calais Cameron is one of the most exciting writers of this generation and Ivanno Jeremiah is brilliant as Poitier. It's one of those plays that speaks to right now. I wouldn't be surprised if it gets turned into a film or a TV series.
