IN JONATHAN GLAZER’S 2000 film Sexy Beast, Ray Winstone stars as Gal Dove, a retired thief whose life gets ram-raided when a former colleague, the psychopathic Don Logan (Sir Ben Kingsley), appears out of nowhere, demanding Gal do One Last Job. Now, the characters return in a prequel series, set in ’90s London. The show stars James McArdle as Gal and Emun Elliott as the unhinged Don, and explores a criminal underworld in which bullets and banter fly as the pair undertake brutal heists, and Gal tries to keep Don’s livewire temper in check. We speak to the actors about refreshing a pair of cinematic legends…
ON THE ORIGINAL FILM
Emun Elliott: It seared unforgettable images into my brain. I remember the shot of Don walking through the airport, and we were behind him, following him. Even that radiated so much menace. James McArdle: I just thought it was a masterpiece.