Homeland actor Damien Lewis said he was exhausted for “four or five months” after the death of his wife, Helen McCrory.
BBC gang drama “Peaky Blinders”Actress known for playing powerful women, such as playing Aunt Polly, the patriarch of the Shelby family, and playing Narcissa Malfoy in the movie “Harry Potter”. Laurie died of cancer in April 2021 at the age of 52.
Lewis, 51, described the loss of his wife of 14 years, who had two children with him, as “very fertile, very creative, raw, open time, and also mundane.” , was difficult and sad,” he said.
He told The Times Motherzin: People who haven’t experienced it may not understand it, but I think those who have experienced it will understand.
“It’s physically exhausting for four to five months. Helen has been sick for four and a half years.
“They say the first day of a diagnosis of a potentially terminal illness is the first day of your grief. While still alive, you are in a state of semi-grief.
“Very alert, incredibly present and charged at all times. Everything is going to make the person better.
“Until the moment of death, you are committed to living the best possible life for the dying person, your family, and your children. collapse, exhaustion accompanies it.”
Explaining what he meant by “fertile,” Lewis added that death was “strangely ecstatic.”
“Birth is the ultimate act of life and brings with it this enormous energy, and you carry that energy with you,” he said.
“No matter how deep your grief is, there is always energy in new beginnings. And when your wife dies and you are alone, it’s a new beginning. there is.”
Some of his best-known roles include Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band Of Brothers, Nicholas Brody in the Showtime series Homeland, and Henry VIII in Wolf Hall.
His latest offer as Nicholas Elliott in A Spy Among Friends, created by Homeland’s Alex Carey, is his first role since the death of his wife last year.
He’s also forayed into the world of music, making his next album ‘Mission Creep’, which he describes as a ‘little midlife crisis’.
On whether McCrory’s death affected the album, he added:
“There is nothing more annoying than an actor who thinks he is Bruce Springsteen. It’s not a crisis.”
