The Gents has proved to be an enormous hit on Netflix because it continues to trip excessive on the UK most watched rankings.
The crime drama starring Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Vinnie Jones and Ray Winstone – which is ready in the identical universe as Man’s 2019 movie of the identical title – has rapidly joined the roster of Man Ritchie favourites.
However should you’ve been left feeling keen for a season 2 and intrigued to know extra concerning the present, there’s loads of behind-the-scenes secrets and techniques to get caught into within the meantime.
Listed below are some info about The Gents that you simply in all probability didn’t know…
There’s a motive there aren’t any cameos from the unique 2019 movie
The Gents does exist in the identical universe because the 2019 movie of the identical title, which can have left some viewers questioning if there could be a cameo from any of the actors from the total size function.
Nonetheless, the TV present’s forged members have maintained there have been by no means any plans for the likes of Matthew McConaughey or Charlie Hunnam to make an look.
“I used to be very glad that wasn’t the case,” Theo James advised the LA Instances. “It’s set on the earth, however the characters haven’t any overlap. It might have been too difficult to cross-pollinate them.
“The film exists in its personal house, and the story could be very completely different. That is [about] melding two worlds. It’s a transparent, linear story of ascension and betrayal. It felt higher that they didn’t have any connection.
Kaya Scodelario added that whereas “it will have been good to fulfill Matthew McConaughey”, it additionally would have made issues a little bit “complicated”.
She added: “To have two or three individuals from the film come into this world appears to be like a little bit half-baked. It’s extra fascinating to have a wholly clean slate to go on this journey with these individuals”.
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Theo James’ first day on set was a very large one
Whereas viewers might recognise Theo James from the Divergent sequence or the 2022 TV adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Spouse, the British actor had an enormous 12 months after being forged within the second season of The White Lotus.
It seems that the hit sequence got here out “actually the day we began” filming The Gents, Theo revealed to the LA Instances.
“I felt so dangerous for you,” Kaya added. “It was day one on set and also you have been on the largest present on the time. And your d—’s in it.”
Theo added that he wished Cameron in The White Lotus to be very completely different to Eddie in The Gents.
“He represents Britain,” he stated of his Gents character. “He’s fairly closed in, each metaphorically and bodily. He’s a watcher reasonably than a statement-maker, whereas Cameron represents that fascinating a part of Americana. It was virtually going to the polar reverse.”
It shares filming areas with Bridgerton
It is going to come as no shock that the lavish stately properties in The Gents have been utilized in different movie and TV initiatives.
Halstead Manor, the place Eddie and brother Freddie (Daniel Ings) grew up, was filmed at Badminton Home in Gloucestershire, which has additionally been utilized in Bridgerton.
The property has additionally featured in motion pictures like Pearl Harbour and 28 Days Later.Stanley Johnston’s (Giancarlo Esposito) personal property within the present was filmed at Wrotham Park in Hertfordshire, which has additionally beforehand hosted Bridgerton season 2 together with The Crown and The Diplomat.
Pinky’s Membership in The Gents can also be set in The Reform Membership in Mayfair, one other setting for Bridgerton, which was additionally utilized in Paddington 2.
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It was additionally filmed in a well-known London music venue
Whereas Printworks stays closed in the intervening time, the unlawful boxing match in episode two of The Gents was filmed within the iconic south London music venue.
Kaya Scodelario had a number of stipulations about her character
It’s honest to say that Man Ritchie’s filmography is generally testosterone-filled, male-led tales, which Kaya Scodelario had some issues about to make sure she didn’t fade into the background.
“It was one thing I used to be very involved about, to be sincere with you,” she advised The Guardian.
“I insisted that I’ve a dialog with the showrunners to make it possible for she [her character Susie Glass] could be a relentless thread all through the story, that she would have her personal arc, that she could be entrance and centre. I didn’t need her to be swallowed up, which may occur, particularly in numerous Man’s earlier work.”
There are some very costly equipment on present
On the planet of the British aristocracy, it was solely proper that the costume departure splashed out on some very fancy wrist put on – over £6 million value, actually. Loulou Bontemps, Man Ritchie’s go-to costume designer, advised GQ: “Doing the essential maths, now we have at the very least six million kilos value of watches within the present, which have been all loaned out.
“Simply to know that and to have that focus to element is de facto good enjoyable.”
The present took inspiration from an iconic gangster film
“Man at all times talked concerning the concept of Michael Corleone – somebody who’s good and is a tactician, however slowly his soul will get sort of sucked from him as a result of he’s seduced by violence,” Theo James advised Sky Information of his character, referencing Al Pacino’s iconic function in The Godfather.
He added in an interview with Sharp Journal that they wouldn’t ever “emulate The Godfather, being the most effective movies of all time”, however there have been some parallels within the “linear story of somebody coming again to their household, unexpectedly having to develop into the pinnacle of the household, and the way their soul is poisoned by energy.”
Man Ritchie has a reasonably fascinating model of directing
Imagining what the set of a Man Ritchie manufacturing would possibly appear like, you’d be forgiven for considering he runs a reasonably tight ship. However the director is definitely open to going with the circulation, apparently.
“It was a little bit of an odyssey as a result of, you realize, there’s the Man of it,” Theo James advised The Guardian. “You both give in or… it’s going to finish badly for you! He has the script, and the story, however then, on the day, it’s fully rewritten within the room. The primary couple of days, it’s a little bit little bit of shock and awe.
“However you may be Ritchied at any level,” he went on. “Since you cease studying your strains, and he’s like, ‘No, I like that one. No modifications right here.’ And also you’re like, ‘Oh fuck, I’ve acquired three speeches.’ You’re at all times in your toes.”
Kaya has made related observations, telling Sky Information: “He has a really distinctive model, which, to start with, may be very anxiety-inducing.”
She added that, after studying all her strains, “every little thing that you simply’ve ready will get thrown out of the window and it’s important to suppose in your toes”.
One filming location was neighbours with ABBA Voyage
We’re unsure what a Man Ritchie x ABBA crossover would appear like, however apparently issues might get a little bit difficult at instances filming at a automotive dealership proper subsequent door to the Abba Voyage present at Pudding Mill Lane, supervising location supervisor Iggy Ellis advised Home and Backyard Journal.
There are some nods to the 2019 movie
Whereas The Gents TV present isn’t immediately linked to the 2019 movie, there are some little winks in there.
Within the first episode, titled Refined Aggression, Freddy Horniman (Daniel Ings) is locked in a walk-in freezer as a risk to make sure he pays his money owed, which mirrors a second within the movie when Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) forces Matthew Berger (Jeremy Sturdy) whereas making his personal monetary risk.
The present additionally pays homage to the movie with the point out of the identical weed pressure, White Widow Tremendous Cheese.
There was one “bollocks” line Theo James was very glad acquired lower
Man Ritchie’s characters are famously silver tongued, however there was one line star Theo James was glad didn’t make it into the ultimate lower.
“Actually, somebody stated: ‘Inform me, what does make a gentleman?’, after which I stated some bollocks about what a gentleman is, which modified about 15 instances,” the actor recalled in an interview with Sharp Journal.
“Thank God it acquired lower!” he stated.
THAT rooster swimsuit is definitely fabricated from actual feathers
Sure, the now iconic rooster swimsuit that Daniel Ings has a breakdown carrying, is certainly fabricated from actual feathers.
“I made a decision to make it out of actual feathers, all bespoke, simply to essentially heighten that entire state of affairs,” designer LouLou Bontemps advised IndieWire. “As a result of it goes on and on and it’s traumatic and entertaining and improbable. So we went full hog for that costume. We purchased the rooster heads and the little rooster slippers that we hooked up to some sneakers. However the remainder of the costume was all made bespoke.”
There’s a Lock, Inventory and Two Smoking Barrels reference
There’s even a reference in The Gents to the broader Man Ritchie cinematic universe. In a video function with Netflix, Theo James revealed his favorite line in the entire sequence. On the finish of the sequence, Kaya Scodelario’s Susie Glass tells Eddie: “It’s been emotional, captain.”
Massive Man Ritchie followers will know that as the identical line delivered by Vinnie Jones in Man’s 1988 basic Lock, Inventory and Two Smoking Barrels (minus the captain).
That movie was additionally an vital a part of Theo James’ teen years
Starring in The Gents was a fairly large deal for Theo James, and never simply because he acquired to be the lead in an enormous Netflix present. In an interview with JoBlo, the actor stated that Man Ritchie’s early movies had a big effect throughout his late teenagers, and remembered quoting strains from Lock, Inventory and Two Smoking Barrels. “That they had an enormous affect on us,” he shared.
One scene specifically made Kaya Scodelario anxious
Kaya Scodelario revealed that the scene that made her most “anxious” to movie was truly Daniel Ings’ notorious rooster tantrum.
“I feel it was extra intense than that,” the previous Skins star advised Metro. “I truly felt actually anxious throughout it. Daniel was giving it a lot.
“As a result of this scene is on the finish of episode one and also you additionally see it firstly of episode two, it took twice as lengthy to movie as a result of we’re doing it from so many alternative digicam angles. It was about 18 hours straight of simply Daniel being a rooster. It was intense.”
Ray Winstone needed to hold his function a secret for 2 years
Whereas The Gents’s main forged have been introduced again in 2022, Ray Winstone’s function within the present wasn’t revealed till the trailer dropped in 2024.
Meaning the actor needed to hold schtum about his function as crime boss Bobby Glass for 2 entire years. “It wasn’t troublesome to maintain it beneath wraps as a result of I’m not a grass,” he advised Digital Spy. “I’d are available for a day or two days. It was virtually like doing a job nevertheless it weren’t if you realize what I imply, as a result of it was a bit disjointed, you realize.”
And the actor helped construct Kaya Scodelario’s confidence
Describing each Ray and Vinnie Jones as “teddy bears”, Kaya confessed on Waitrose’s Dish podcast that she has “enormous imposter syndrome”, however her fellow castmates helped her out. She defined: “I’m very socially awkward and fairly shy, and I nonetheless on the primary day of set can be like, ooh, after which realise I’ve been doing it for seventeen years and I in all probability have extra expertise than lots of people there”.
However Ray was “actually good at serving to me step into that. He was superb at serving to me, he actually grew my confidence, the place he was like, ‘Go on child, simply go for it.’ And I used to be like, ‘Okay, Ray!’”
The forged would drink actual whiskey on set
It shouldn’t come as a lot of a shock that Man Ritchie insisted on retaining issues elegant on set – even to the purpose the place the forged shot scenes with actual whiskey. Talking on Waitrose’s Dish podcast, Kaya Scodelario stated there was “lot of whiskey ingesting in there”.
She added that Man was “very insistent that now we have superb, costly, yummy whiskey on set” together with actual wines. “I made mates with the props man instantly,” Kaya added. “On wrap, everybody knew which truck to go to within the automotive park and speak to.”
The Gents is offered to look at on Netflix now.
