TV and streamingUpdated November 8

The actors say Helen and Sam’s bond comes at a cost

Knightley calls Helen and Sam’s friendship toxic, joking that Sam might be better off not answering when Helen calls: she keeps pulling him into danger, then relies on him to save her. Whishaw agrees that Sam loves her, but says he is also drawn to the chaos around her. Their bond runs on rescues and debts—one saves the other, then owes them later—and Knightley says those favors are getting more costly. Whishaw points to the harshest bill: after following Helen’s advice into danger, Sam has to kill someone he is emotionally attached to. Whishaw says Sam can reflect on what he has done and feel the guilt; Knightley says Helen avoids that kind of reckoning so she can keep going.

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