Stephen Graham and Malachi Kirby spoke with UPI about their roles as 1880s London boxers in "A Thousand Blows," premiering all episodes Friday on Hulu.

If avoiding big roles is Kirby’s career plan, he’s been sorely ill-advised. Today, he’s in the hands of an army of publicists at a central-London hotel, thanks to his lead role in A Thousand Blows, the new Disney+ series from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, in which he stars alongside a beefed-up Stephen Graham.

It's no secret that to prepare for their leading roles in A Thousand Blows, both Stephen Graham and Malachi Kirby had to undergo some rigorous training to portray their characters, Sugar Goodson and Hezekiah Moscow.

Steven Knight's new drama portrays the brutal world of bare knuckle boxing in "A Thousand Blows" and star Steven Graham explains how they created the series' electric fight scenes.