Gangs of London season 2 spoilers follow.
Paapa Essiedu's gobsmacking death as Alex Dumani in Gangs of London was a harbinger of things to come.
Corin Hardy, creator of the crime drama, recently caught up with Digital Spy for an exclusive chat about potential fatalities in the future.
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"I can't tell you who but that's part of the fun," he said, after confirming our fears.
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"But it's not all about who dies. It's about who survives, and who allies with who, and who makes it through.
"I think there's a lot of love in Gangs of London. There's a lot of love in the show that keeps you watching as well. I don't think you'd be watching if it was just a case of who dies."
Meanwhile, Elliot Finch actor Sope Dirisu took some time to explain why his character seems to be holding back his disdain for Sean Wallace, played by Joe Cole.
"Now, it doesn't matter that he's dead... He's like: 'Shut up, and focus, man. This is right here, right now.' But, yeah, they both lost a lot over the last year."
Hardy added: "Things could have gone very differently if Alex had agreed, and you basically both just ran away together, into the sunshine. It would have ended after one episode."
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On that laundrette fight scene, he also admitted that they went "too far" with the brutal violence.
"When you're putting things together, there's months and months and months of planning and prep and choreography and rehearsal and special effects and make-up and props that goes into it.
"You put it all together. You imagine it, and you have to execute it on the day. And then there's editing, visual effects, and sound design. So it's only really after months and months that you finally watch the sequence. You see it, and then you're like: 'Ooh, we've gone too far with this.' Gangs of London has to go too far sometimes."
Gangs of London is now streaming on Sky and NOW.
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