PEAKY BLINDERS actor Daryl McCormack is taking on the lead role in the BBC’s new series, The Woman in the Wall.
Daryl’s new role in the BBC’s gothic thriller is worlds away from his Peaky Blinders character.
The Irish actor is fresh off his biggest film role to date. He played the title character in the sex comedy-drama Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, which he starred in alongside Dame Emma Thompson.
Of course, Daryl is best known for playing gangster Isaiah Jesus in seasons four and five of Peaky Blinders.
Daryl’s character in the BBC’s new thriller The Woman in the Wall couldn’t be further from his Peaky Blinders character, though.
This role sees him make the transition from gangster to law enforcement as he takes on the role of Detective Colman Akande.
The six-part series was created and written by Joe Murtagh (Calm With Horses), and will examine the shocking legacy of Ireland’s inhumane institutions, The Magdalene Laundries.
In a press statement for the series, Joe admitted “frustrated” that so few people had heard of the Magdalene Laundries and that he hoped to “shed some light on the awful things that occurred within these kind of institutions and introduce this history to the wider public, so that nothing like it may ever happen again.”
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Daryl leads the series opposite His Dark Materials actor Ruth Wilson and will be chasing down her character Lorna Brady.
The series begins when Ruth’s character Lorna wakes up to find a corpse in her house with no clue who the woman is or if she murdered her.
However, the detective is after her for a seemingly unrelated crime.
Although we don’t know what that is yet, it could have something to do with Lorna’s extreme bouts of sleepwalking that manifested during her time at the fictional Kilkinure Convent – home to one of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries.
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As one of a few survivors of the convent, Lorna is left with lifelong suffering and cannot lead a normal life.
“Lorna Brady is a complex and fascinating character and I’m thrilled to help bring her to life,” Ruth said.
She added: “In The Woman in the Wall, Joe has created both an enthralling gothic thriller and a moving examination of the legacy of The Magdalene Laundries.
“It’s a privilege to bring this story to screens.”
The series is set to be a revelatory “gothic detective story shot through with dark humour and elements of psychological horror.”
Daryl and Ruth’s characters are described as “a pair of forgotten and unlikely protagonists searching for the answers they so desperately need in a place where they have been long buried.”
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