Fake bodies on Ripper St left me scared stiff - Says Jerome Flynn (THE SUN)

ACTOR Jerome Flynn has suffered recurring nightmares since playing a cop on the mean streets of 19th Century London’s East End.

The Game Of Thrones star — who plays thuggish Sergeant Bennet Drake in Ripper Street — admitted some of the props, including fake corpses and a HORSE’s head, were so gruesome he could not sleep.

He said: “There was lots of fake blood and gross prosthetics. There were lots of dead bodies lying around, it was quite a gruesome affair.

“But for me one of the most challenging things was a horse’s head.

“While it was haunting seeing a human’s head, there was a scene in which we have to examine a horse who has been shot.

“It was very realistic and, as I’m a vegetarian, I found it really difficult to look at.

“It did get to me a bit — I have had quite a few disturbed dreams.”


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