“It was the polite period thing I didn’t love, because it felt like backwards looking rather than present,” he says.
If you’re looking to these new breed of period dramas for a historically accurate retelling of the past, then chances are you’ll be disappointed.
And, of course, as McNamara points out, these times weren’t necessarily as “lily-white” as they’ve always been depicted on screen.
“As much as I love a good period piece, I feel like they’re considered a little traditional, and a little conservative,” he says.
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