Norton plays Sean Rafferty in the historical series, the foreman at the Guinness brewery and fixer to the titular real-life family, whose history the series delves into.
"The scripts are the first place at which one's interest is piqued, and these scripts were really, really strong," Norton said of House of Guinness, while speaking alongside his co-star Danielle Galligan. "I got four all at once, read them in one sitting, I think, and Steven’s writing… he's brilliant, he's in a league of his own, but he is really excelling here.
"And so I was completely taken with it, knew what he was trying to create. And then reading Rafferty was obviously the other piece, along with the amazing cast and creative team. So when all those pieces came together, it was a complete no brainer."
"No," he said. "Steven is constantly unpredictable, in that way good writers are."
"It's great in terms of plot," he explained. "It's great, the twists and turns and the momentum of the story barrels on in a wonderful, kind of exciting way. But what he also does is, unlike most writers, I think, he's confident enough in his characters and in his writing and in his dialogue, to sit with them.
"Whereas most writers would need an explosion or a quick scene change or something else, intercut with another scene, Steven just lets us breathe with them and be with them. And again, like a playwright, he's just incredibly confident. So yes, there's amazing plot, amazing twists and turns, and you've got loads to look forward to.
"But also, I guarantee that by the end of this you will be living and breathing these people in there lives, and you really do get to know them on a deep level."
"It's so good," he said. "He's a complete badass, and it was a delight to play. He's full of contradictions, which is always what you want from a role. He's kind of this unsolvable puzzle - you can kind of keep going into each of the corners. He's obviously terrifying, and uses violence when he needs to.
"You know, Tom Shankland, who’s our first director, he really pushed me into enjoying it. I think Rafferty loves being Rafferty and so it's a complete pleasure when you get to play that kind of role. And as I say, he sort of is the continually giving gift, because I still haven't quite worked him out. It's a mystery."
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