The BBC 's latest thriller, Nightsleeper, is so intense it left its cast 'sick and needing medication on set'. Peaky Blinders star Joe Cole revealed filming the scenes for his latest thriller series made him feel unwell, ahead of Sunday night's premiere. The six-part real-time series sees a sleeper train hijacked and driven from Glasgow to London over the course of a single night.
And Joe, 35, who plays leading role Joe Roag, has revealed that he was left feeling motion sick after spending up to 12 hours a day tightly packed into the carriages. The BBC's latest thriller, Nightsleeper, is so intense it left its cast 'sick and needing medication on set'.
Peaky Blinders star Joe Cole pictured revealed filming the scenes for his latest thriller series made him feel unwell. They used it for the lighting in the windows on our faces a little bit here and there, which saves a lot of time in the edit and just looks better and more realistic.
Despite being stationary, Joe - who is best known for his role as John Shelby - said the cast and crew battled with motion sickness. Created by BAFTA-winning writer Nick Leather Nightsleeper is an action adventure that is also a whodunnit with a series of twists and turns along the way.
Meanwhile, Joe portrays an off-duty cop who is unlucky enough to be on the wrong train at the wrong time. Together, they must piece together the puzzle of who they are up against and how they can defeat the self-styled 'Driver', who always seems one step ahead.
