A Thousand Blows S2: Success, Boxing & Girl Bosses

Erin Doherty & Malachi Kirby are back as Mary Carr & Hezekiah Moscow in season two of the hugely successfuly Stephen Knight created show, A Thousand Blows on Disney+.    Erin can't believe her character's walk is being made into a meme and Malachi's been hiding away from the success of the show.    A Thousand Blows season 2 is streaming on Disney+ from Friday 9th January. Report by Jonesl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:01Nope.

00:01There's a boxer called Nigel.

00:02No.

00:03Wow!

00:04Series two, I can't believe what's happened already.

00:06I was chatting to you for series one,

00:07and we talked all about your walk.

00:09My word, what a walk.

00:11The memes.

00:12Have you seen them, Malika?

00:14I'm sure you've seen them.

00:15No.

00:15My word, they're everywhere, those memes.

00:17Your walk is famous.

00:20It's famous for a walking.

00:22Wow!

00:23I was just talking to Stephen and Hannah about it,

00:25and it's just so special.

00:26Did you realize how wonderful your walk is?

00:29How girl-boss your walk is.

00:31I mean, I knew that she was like an absolute ledge.

00:34Like, you know, in that way that I'm like,

00:35this isn't even me.

00:36Like, this is just Mary.

00:38Like, I was outside of myself enough to be like,

00:40what a ledge.

00:41But like, no.

00:43Honestly, because it was just born out of the sheer weight

00:46of the skirts.

00:47They were so heavy, so I was genuinely just like.

00:50And then it just kind of just got in my bones a little bit,

00:53and it just stuck.

00:54When I've got a lot to do in a day,

00:55I just put your walk on and I can achieve anything.

00:57Oh, wow.

00:58It's quite incredible.

00:59I love that.

01:00Come on, Mary.

01:01I thought we did a boy.

01:02But you kind of did it back to back, though, right?

01:04You just, you cracked right on.

01:06What did you guys think of the reaction?

01:08Because I was just chatting to the other guys,

01:09and they just can't believe it.

01:11The reaction to the show?

01:12Yeah, yeah.

01:13Season one?

01:13Yeah.

01:13Oh, I loved it.

01:14And I kind of hid from it for the most part,

01:17but it kind of seeped in the cracks,

01:18and it was all very positive and encouraging, so yeah.

01:21Yeah.

01:21Were you hid because you were worried about people being mean?

01:23No, not that.

01:24I just don't.

01:25I have a thing.

01:26I just kind of run away from anything that I release when I release it,

01:30and I hide, and I come back when it's safe.

01:32Will you do that this time?

01:33Are you going to do the same?

01:34Yeah.

01:35Probably.

01:36He's already been out there.

01:37You already know people love him.

01:38I don't know.

01:39It's a thing.

01:39It also means you're missing beautiful comments about you as well.

01:42Yeah, I'm all right with that.

01:43So maybe you should just log on to X one day in a little scroll.

01:47Or I'll just screenshot a bunch of stuff and send it to you.

01:49That's what happens.

01:50People just force stuff at me.

01:51But it was all really nice stuff, so it was lovely.

01:54That's so great.

01:55It really is absolutely fantastic.

01:57If your character could break the fourth worn look at the camera.

02:00Oh, like playbag.

02:01Yeah, what's your little side going to be?

02:02What are you going to say?

02:03That's so good.

02:06In my head, I just thought like the amount of people that I meet, I'd just look at.

02:10I'd probably just turn to camera and be like, what a dick.

02:13I feel like that would be my thing.

02:15I'd just constantly be talking about how like stupid people are.

02:19I'd just probably say some kind of cuss in Jamaican that I'm not allowed to at the moment

02:24because it's not outside of the 1880s.

02:27There you go.

02:28Yeah.

02:29I'd say a modern cuss in Jamaican.

02:30Would you?

02:31I also haven't heard the word cuss since 92.

02:34That is absolutely amazing.

02:35I love that.

02:36You're welcome.

02:37That is this guy.

02:38He's kind of like this weird creature.

02:40Yeah.

02:41You have conversations with him and you're like, what?

02:43What time zone are we in?

02:44Yeah.

02:45You are quite something.

02:47What about the fact that boxing is obviously at the heart of this?

02:50Are you fans?

02:51Are you more fans now?

02:52And if you could have a boxer join series three, who are you going to bring on board?

02:57Oh, so I wasn't a fan before I started this.

02:59Not because I didn't like it.

03:00I just never watched it.

03:01And now I'm a fan.

03:02And I went to my first fight actually.

03:04Um, who was it just the other day?

03:07My mind's gone blank.

03:09You tell, this is where, like, this is so, like, you need to-

03:12It's a big fight, man.

03:13Ben and Conor.

03:14Conor Ben and Nigel.

03:16Nope.

03:17Conor Ben.

03:18There's a boxer called Nigel?

03:19No, there is.

03:20His dad, Conor Ben.

03:21Stop it.

03:22I support Nigel, whoever he is.

03:24He's my favourite.

03:25Conor Ben had a fight.

03:26Yeah.

03:27Yeah.

03:28And it was really great.

03:29Um, who would I invite to sit?

03:32Nigel.

03:33It wasn't-

03:34Nigel Ben.

03:35I think let's just invite all the Nigels.

03:37Oh, it's gotta be AJ.

03:38You've gotta get Anthony Joshua on set.

03:39Yeah, go on.

03:40Come on now.

03:41No?

03:42Yeah.

03:43Oh.

03:44I'm trying to remember his name.

03:45Okay.

03:46What about just, like, an actor that you feel like would be, like, good, like, as a boxer?

03:50Like-

03:51Tom Hardy.

03:52Oh, yeah, of course.

03:53Okay, well then, there we go.

03:55There we go.

03:56Yeah.

03:57Because I actually asked Stephen about kind of mixing the Peaky Blinder worlds.

03:59How often are you asking the guy questions about Peaky Blinders and getting some kind

04:03of spoilers?

04:04Not at all, actually.

04:06I've left- I'm so excited for the film.

04:08Yeah, yeah.

04:09I'm so excited.

04:10I don't want spoilers.

04:11I know, and I haven't touched it yet.

04:12Yeah, yeah.

04:13Yes.

04:14And just finally, what have you got for people out there that are mega fans?

04:16Any moments in particular you look out for?

04:18Any kind of- because they love all these Easter eggs and things, don't they?

04:21Mm-hmm.

04:22Mm-hmm.

04:23Any warning for the fans?

04:24What do you think?

04:26It gets dark.

04:27It does?

04:28That's what I'm going to say.

04:29Yeah.

04:30This season gets dark.

04:31So the best way to watch it?

04:33A cup of coffee and a cake, maybe?

04:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.

04:35Some kind of comfort food.

04:36Bring yourself a little bit of- yeah.

04:37Yeah.

04:38Yeah.

04:39As long as it's got no raisins in it.

04:40Yeah.

04:41That's it.

04:42Stay away from the pan-o raisins.

04:43That's A good sign.

04:44Good.

04:45Thanks.

04:46Yeah.

04:54Thanks.

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