Line of Duty star ‘argued’ with creator Jed Mercurio over death – digitalspy.com

Line of Duty has always been excellent, but it felt like series five really took the execution to another level. The way they worked in that whole 'H' mystery, maintaining the levels of tension, the whole thing.

One of the most shocking moments was the death of John Corbett, played by the always brilliant Stephen Graham, who has revealed that he butted heads with writer and creator Jed Mercurio over the scene.

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In a chat that will be shown on The Graham Norton Show's New Year's Eve special, the actor will talk about the time he tried (and failed) to argue about how he should die on screen.

"It was kind of a shock, wasn't it?" he said about Corbett kicking the bucket. "The weird thing about it is when you work on a death scene you want to do it as real as possible, but Jed used to be doctor so when I was being dramatic in rehearsal he would say things like, 'You wouldn't do it like that, you wouldn't choke on your own blood'.

"I actually said to him, 'How many people's throats have you slit?'

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"He talked me through how you would die in that situation it's really irritating that you can't argue with a doctor!"

It reminds us of that time Christopher Lee told Peter Jackson on the set of The Lord of the Rings that he knew first-hand how someone would react to being stabbed... and how people do all kinds of jobs before ending up in the entertainment business.

The Graham Norton Show's New Year's Eve special will air next Tuesday (December 31) at 10.20pm on BBC One.

Line of Duty airs on BBC One. Series 1-5 are available on boxset now.

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