Do you think about how it fills a void in TV?īlethyn: I agree. Paste: One of the reasons I love Vera is there are few shows built around a strong, older female character. She doesn’t look like she’s come off a catwalk, and she has respect from her team without the use of lipstick. She’s a very, very capable person, independent person. Paste: What attracted you to the show, what do you like most about it?īlethyn: When I was first got the call, I thought, “Oh, how nice! Something to get my teeth into.” I just love the character, but I loved the world she lived in, and I just love the fact that there’s no vanity about her. As you see from the program, the scenery-the seascape, the landscape-is just ravishing. The people in the northeast of England are so, so lovely. It’s the most beautiful place to be working. It takes four weeks per episode just to film. How much time out of a year are you playing Vera?īrenda Blethyn: I’m away from home for five months. Paste: I assume one of the perks of the show is the beautiful scenery. After a grueling day of shooting in the mud and driving an hour back from the middle of the moorlands, Blethyn spoke to Paste about the series-and, for fans who want to know, explains why there isn’t more about Vera’s backstory.
(Season Seven is back exclusively on Acorn TV on August 7.) The two-time Oscar nominee plays workaholic DCI Vera Stanhope in a desolate far corner of Northumberland, alongside the more gentle DS Aiden Healy (Kenny Doughty). Brenda Blethyn has done it all in movies, theater and TV, where she’s starring in Vera, based on the novels by Ann Cleeves.
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