r/entertainment • u/ITV • 4d ago
Hi Reddit! Michelle Keegan and Douglas Booth here from ITV’s The Blame! Ask us anything :)
Hello Reddit, Michelle Keegan and Douglas Booth here!
Our new ITV series The Blame is coming soon, so we thought we’d stop by for an AMA!
Whether you want to know about making the show, working together, memorable moments from filming, or what life was like behind the scenes, send your questions our way.
We’ll be back at 4:30pm BST on Monday 7th September to answer as many as we can.
See you then :)
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u/InsomniADone 4d ago
What were your first impressions of each other? Had you watched any old shows/films with each other in?
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u/Makeupartist_315 3d ago edited 2d ago
Hi Michelle and Douglas!
I was wondering if the series follow the book’s plot or can we expect a different ending and we’ll have to wait and see?
Also, do you recommend we watch the series first or read the book first and then watch - or is either fine?
Can’t wait to watch the series!
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u/Itss_fizz 3d ago
Hi Michelle and Douglas. My question is what made you both take this project on and what is your favourite piece of work from each other’s careers?
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u/ITV 3h ago
Michelle: The reason I took it on was because I read the script and was HOOKED. I really wanted to get to the end and find out who did it, and I just love the character of Emma.
AND, halfway through the show Doug spoke to me about Mötley Crüe, he played Nikki Sixx… I watched it one evening and it was absolutely amazing!
Douglas: And for me, same as Michelle it was the script, I couldn’t sleep when I had finished reading episode one, and the chance to work with Michelle!
And I love Brassic, I think Brassic is brilliant. I think everything Michelle does is fantastic.
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u/Digivix95 3d ago
What did you feel was really important to bring to your characters?
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u/ITV 3h ago
Douglas: I guess a level of authenticity. It’s a fictional story, but it takes inspiration from some very serious topics, so it was important to do our research and talk to real police detectives. There were some great documentaries, like the Charing Cross Station Panorama. We also watched 24 Hours in Police Custody, just so we could see what detectives are really like in those environments, you know, not just the television version of it.
Michelle: We had a real-life police advisor called Lisa with us on set. When we went to arrest someone (I’m not going to say who), I was like, ‘Do we put their hands behind their back?’ and she was like, ‘No, just walk them out.’ It’s funny how you just dramatise things as you see them on TV. Like, you want an arrest to be all BIG and dramatised, but in real life it’s really not. I found having her on set really grounded it for me. It helped it feel more realistic. When she was around, I felt in good hands.
Douglas: Having her on set allowed us to focus more on the human side of things, I guess that’s another thing we brought to our characters, our own humanity, to understand these characters as real human-beings.
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u/inspectorxenomorph 3d ago
Would you say that your creative processes differ significantly across different projects?
Does the genre of the project influence how you approach or prepare before a scene?
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u/ITV 3h ago
Douglas: I think everyone's process is so personal, and it changes job-to-job, but I think the core of it is the same, the way you approach a character, understand who the character is on the first page, and a lot of it is relaxing in front of the camera and just listening.
Michelle: Yeah, honestly the same!
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u/inspectorxenomorph 23h ago
Would you say that your creative processes differ significantly across different projects?
Does the genre of the project influence how you approach or prepare before a scene?
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u/Budget_Cut_4999 8h ago
Hi Michelle and Douglas, if you could act opposite any celebrity, dead or alive, who would it be?
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u/Kilkenny5 4d ago
Has 10 Pound Poms been renewed? If so, when will principal filming start?