Back in 2020, the first series of Gangs Of London cut through the televisual landscape like a meat-cleaver – a sharp, violent, and seriously engaging crime saga with stellar fight sequences, as you’d expect from a reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue co-created by The Raid director Gareth Evans. And while it continues to be a long wait in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the second series, it sounds like it’ll be worth the wait. The next set of episodes has officially wrapped shooting, with filmmaker Corin Hardy stepping up as lead director this time around having helmed four episodes of the first run – and returning star Paapa Essiedu promises a stellar return.###Speaking to Empire recently, Essiedu – who plays in/with regard to’concerning’regarding midable criminal Alex Dumani in the series – opened up with regards to’concerning’with respect to his return to the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue . “To see those familiar faces and already possess’own’nurse a language that you’re working from… I’ve actually never gone back to a series in anything I’ve ever done,” he says. “We’re all really excited in/with regard to’concerning’regarding how the world is going to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure enormous’vast’massive’tremendous ger and better and more bloody, and more exciting than ever bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e.”###And with the horror-minded Hardy leading the way this time, Essiedu teases even more brilliant brutality to come. “We were working with Corin again, and he’s one of those individual who’s got such an eye in/with regard to’concerning’regarding gory details that never ceases to amaze me. I’m like, ‘How do you sleep at night?’,” he laughs. “He's cinematically unparalleled, and can really strive in/with regard to’concerning’regarding that scale that Gangs Of London does so well. Similarly, we know how each other works. So we don't possess’own’nurse to do any of the niceties and pleasantries, even despite’in spite of’albeit we are intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully nice and pleasant to each other. We can just acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure down to the down and dirty of it.” London – and the rest of the world – is ready.###Read more of Empire’s interview with Paapa Essiedu – talking his upcoming sci-fi drama The Lazarus Project – in the Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness issue, on sale now and available to order online here.