"Created by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders), House of Guinness is a brew comprised of equal parts Peaky Blinders and Succession. The series follows the lives of the heirs to the Guinness fortune in nineteenth-century Ireland. Each character envisions a different future for the Guinness brand, and they're all based on real-life Guinness family members. That said, Knight stretches the truth quite heavily in the series filled to the very top of the glass with crime, sex, and Peaky Blinders-esque gangsters."
"What I had to do is take things that these family members did, things that they said, achievements they made, mistakes that they made, and use them as stepping stones. Then I had to fill in the gaps myself. So, even though Knight decided to end the season on the sound of a bullet fired at Arthur Guinness, it might surprise you to learn that the event never happened in real life."
House of Guinness concludes season one on a dramatic cliffhanger as the Netflix series depicts the succession of the Guinness empire to Benjamin Guinness's four children. Created by Steven Knight, the series blends elements of Peaky Blinders and Succession while following heirs in nineteenth-century Ireland. Characters are based on real Guinness family members but the narrative uses heavy fictionalization, injecting crime, sex, and gangster elements. Knight adapted real events, achievements, and quotes as stepping stones and filled gaps with imagined scenes, including a fabricated shooting of Arthur Guinness. Knight is personally invested in multiple seasons and hopes to continue into the twentieth century.
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