The cast and crew of Bloodlands have said that the filming of the TV show was 'challenging', due to the fact that they were shooting in Northern Ireland during a chilly winter.
The crime thriller, which is set to begin airing on Sunday, February 21 on BBC One, was filmed in Belfast early last year.
James Nesbitt and other members of the cast and crew were spotted filming in different locations in January 2020, including Ballyclare and West Belfast.
In new interviews, different members of of the cast have revealed how the freezing cold weather affected filming.
James Nesbitt even went as far as saying that the weather made it "hard to speak" at times.
He added: "It was incredibly cold, particularly when we had to go down to the islands of Strangford Lough.
"We’d be transporting crew, equipment, food, toilets, to these remote islands and it was bitterly cold, the wind really comes and cuts you through to the bone.
"At times it was hard to speak, my mouth would be paralysed and I just couldn’t get my jaw moving.
"The privilege of the job is the hardness of it sometimes, because that’s what you want to do, that’s why you go into acting. It was challenging but fabulous."
Charlene McKenna, who plays DS Niamh McGovern on the show, said that filming on the islands off Strangford Lough was tough at times, and involved the cast having to take boats to the mainland to go on toilet breaks.
She said: "We had to shoot in very extreme weather, gale force storms, snow, ice, you name it.
"Northern Ireland in deep winter on the coast is always challenging. We had a particularly trying week or more shooting on the stunning islands of Strangford Lough.
"We were so cold it was hard to speak at times, as our lips were numb, and we had to take speed boats to the mainland for toilet breaks!
"The cast and crew were amazing morale boosters during those days. We did all we could to lift each other up. I’ll never forget it."
Executive producer Jed Mercurio added: "[Strangford Lough] looks amazing on camera but the weather can be quite challenging at times. We all made sure we had our thermals and waterproofs with us."
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