Brenda Blethyn makes big Vera admission after calling time on ITV series
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Actor came clean as crime show ended after 13 years. Brenda Blethyn has made a big admission about her hit show Vera after ITV aired the final ever episode. The crime drama has officially drawn to an end, months after the British star announced she had quit the series after 13 years.
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Blethyn has portrayed Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope in every episode of the show, which debuted in 2011, and filmed her final episodes earlier last summer. The final episode, which was described as “poignant” by viewers, saw Vera retire from her role as DI – a conclusion that reassured many who were concerned the character might be killed off.
In the documentary special Vera... Farewell Pet, which aired on Friday (3 January), Blethyn explained why she “didn’t want Vera to be killed off”, stating: “I suspected that she’d be living on in the books.”. The lead character, as well as some specific episodes in series one and two, are based on Ann Cleeves’s Vera Stanhope crime novels.
Blethyn continued: “She’s a sensible woman, Vera. She knows when it’s time to call it a day. In the same way Brenda Blethyn knows when it’s time to call it a day. You just sense when the time is right.”. However, reflecting on her role, the Secrets & Lies actor admitted she felt she never fully nailed Vera’s north-east accent, which she had based on the show’s props man Geoff Blackburn.
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