Slow Horses Season 6, Episode 6, “Judgment Day,” went out with many bangs and a series of memorable heroic rescues.
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But one of the most legendary scenes — where Reece (Lenny Rush) unexpectedly saves Roddy (Christopher Chung)
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“It was in the original script that Reece kills Frank’s (Hugo Weaving) henchman, but then it was removed, and I was like, ‘Damn it!'”
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Rush told DECIDER when chatting about his “unreal” experience on Apple TV’s Emmy-winning spy thriller.
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“Then on the day, Adam [Randall], the director, said, ‘I don’t know why we removed that.’
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And I was like, ‘No, I don’t either!
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It’s a good idea!’
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When you see Roddy, he almost has this slight, really genuine smile on his face, as if he’s like, ‘Oh, thank you.’
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It’s a really cool moment, and I’m excited for everyone to see that.”
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From his fart-off with Sir Gary Oldman and face-off with Hugo Weaving to quality time with the Slough House’s misfit MI-5 agents and Season 6’s action-packed finale, Rush had such a superb Slow Horses experience that he admittedly has FOMO over Season 7 and Season 8 filming.
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“I would absolutely love to go back, even if it’s for 10 minutes,” Rush told DECIDER.
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I really miss it.”
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In celebration of Rush’s fan-favorite five-episode run, the 17-year-old Slow Horses star spoke with DECIDER about his favorite Season 6 finale scenes, filming that huge safe house action sequence, and more.
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In Episode 4 and Episode 5, you had some incredible, really intimate scenes with the Slow Horses in that gorgeous fishbowl of a safe house.
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What do you remember from filming those indoor group scenes?
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That was great, because we shot the whole series in order.
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So I’d done loads with Chris, and Ruth, and Gary already, and it was me getting to meet everyone else, like how you see it in the show.
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I was just fanboying.
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I’m like, “These are the Slow Horses!”
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One of my favorite scenes, I think it’s actually really lovely, is with Reece and Standish.
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It’s a real heart-to-heart moment.
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She’s so lovely, and I love that scene with her.
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I remember we were eating pasta in that scene as well, and I ate a lot of it.
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[Laughs]
And everyone knows the greatest honor in Slow Horses is to get an eating scene.
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The finale is so action-packed, and it puts people like Reece and Roddy, who don’t really have experience with violence and explosions out in the field.
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What can you share about watching that big set piece with the house come to life?
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Did it make you more interested in the action genre?
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When you think of these sort of action things, you probably think blue screen, green screen, effects that’ll be put in after.
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But there’s the bit where we’re all sitting around the table, and Shirley and Louisa are arguing, and then the window smashes in.
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And I think, “Oh, that will look good once you put it in post!”
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And they’re like, “No.
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So now we’re gonna smash this window over you.”
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And it’s like, “Oh wow!”
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It was sugar glass or something, and I had so much fun.
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There’s this really weird, genuine adrenaline you get when there is smoke filling the room, you’re hiding behind a sofa, and you can just hear the gunshots.
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It’s like, “Oh my god, this feels so real.”
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But I had a smile on my face throughout the whole thing.
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The show is so incredible at crafting those sequences.
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We have to talk about the beach, too.
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Even though he has a little attitude about it, Roddy does carry Reece to safety, which we’re grateful for.
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