“All the stories about Mosley mention his charisma, and in Sam we cast an actor who could portray that, but I also wanted to reflect the fact that for lots of people his policies appeared horribly attractive. The dapper Mosley was celebrated when younger for his sharp style and “personal magnetism” Knight admits that the show had to walk a fine line when depicting his appeal.
That’s what was so terrifying Steven Knight, creator “Given that we ended the last series with Tommy Shelby getting elected as a Labour politician, it seemed inevitable that he would come into contact with Mosley – and interesting to consider what both men might have in common as well as what marks them apart.” Mosley wasn’t somebody spouting things that people didn’t want to hear but rather someone who people did listen to. “The show always leapfrogs forward two or three years with each series, and in 1929 the most eye-catching storyline, and the one that felt the most resonant to now, was the rise of fascism and the growth of populism and racism in politics across Europe,” he says.
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