{"id":18159,"date":"2022-07-08T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1675356"},"modified":"2022-07-08T09:23:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T07:23:08","slug":"taron-egerton-recalls-jimmy-keenes-surreal-black-bird-cameo","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/taron-egerton-recalls-jimmy-keenes-surreal-black-bird-cameo\/","title":{"rendered":"Taron Egerton recalls Jimmy Keene\u2019s \u201csurreal\u201d Black Bird cameo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 08 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Taron Egerton has reflected on Jimmy Keene\u2019s cameo appearance in Black Bird, an Apple TV+<\/a> crime thriller based on a harrowing chapter in his life.<\/p>\n

Inspired by Keene\u2019s memoir In With The Devil<\/a>, the series explains how he was offered early release from his 10-year prison sentence in exchange for getting a confession out of suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser).<\/p>\n

However, to do so, he had to transfer to a maximum security institution filled with very dangerous individuals, where he would meet a grizzly end if anyone discovered he was working with the authorities.<\/p>

Egerton revealed that he didn\u2019t meet Keene until production had almost wrapped, when he visited the set to film a cameo appearance for the series finale \u2013 an experience that the Kingsman star described as \u201csurreal\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe cameoed in the show, which was great fun, at a very intense, emotional, dramatic part of the story. But he\u2019s a really nice guy and he was very pleased that I got in the shape I got into to play him,\u201d joked Egerton.<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201c[It was] surreal for both of us. But also, I think he felt quite emotional about it because it was a huge episode in his life.<\/p>\n