Editors’ Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that already has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadli…
, while McCrory was on the brink of going into production on Season 6 of. Now, both are holed up in their British countryside home in Suffolk. But far from quietly riding out the COVID-19 tsunami, the pair have leashed an anchor of sorts and are using their platform for a much-needed mission to feed frontline healthcare workers in the UK., during which it dawned on much of the production team that “something very big is coming.
The mission is being funded through public donations, and Lewis and McCrory have helped raise nearly £850,000 , with fresh support from the Tortilla restaurant chain pushing this total to more than £1M . Alongside Tortilla, other chains have joined the efforts, including Wasabi and Franco Manca, while food delivery firm Deliveroo — which is the subject of a $575M investment bid led by Amazon — is assisting with efforts to get the hot meals to hospitals.
“It’s interrupting me planting my hedge,” jokes Lewis, before handing the phone to McCrory. “We haven’t slept and we’re on the phone all the time,” she says. “You’re improvising and making it up as you go along because it’s never been done before. Now we’ve got a website up,, and on that website, hospitals can tap on and leave details. We can actually connect people to each other.
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