Top Boy: Netflix releases trailer for second season
WARNING: The following article contains spoilers from Top Boy season two.
Drug kingpins Dushane Hill (played by Ashley Walters) and Sully (Kane “Kano” Robinson) have finally returned to screens in season two of Top Boy after a long three-year wait and fans can’t be happier. Supporting star Saffron, plays Lauryn, sister of Dushane’s drug-dealing gang leader Jaq (Jasmine Jobson). After her betrayal to the clan, a vulnerable Lauryn was forced to flee London and found herself abandoned by her closest allies in season two.
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After being banished from Summerhouse, Lauryn finds solace in the arms of toxic lover Curtis (Howard Charles), who repeatedly beats her.
The Lauryn actor described the emotionally draining process of portraying a victim of domestic abuse and revealed which shock twist scene left her distraught.
When Lauryn can finally escape Curtis' grip, her sister Jaq tries to bargain for her to remain in London and prepares for a showdown with the Liverpudlian tough man.
However, not wanting her sister to get hurt, Lauryn lures Curtis to her home where she finds the courage to stab him repeatedly so she can be free of him.
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Speaking about the moment, Saffron confessed: "I cried. I did cry watching it back, you know, because I feel like I gave so much to that scene.”
“It was a lot and as an actor, as a person watching that, I gave so much to it and to see it back I was happy with it.”
The TV star told Digital Spy: “In the worst way, I was happy with it.”
Describing her role, Saffron claimed her character was “naive” and “always growing”.
If her toxic relationship wasn’t enough, it is also revealed that Lauryn is pregnant with her first child.