Mother, just killed a man… Bohemian Rhapsody star Lucy Boynton shoots lover in Ruth Ellis drama about last woman sent to the gallows

With a Smith & Wesson .38 caliber revolver, actress Lucy Boynton recreates one of the most famous crime scenes in British history and plays the last woman sent to the gallows.

In exclusive footage from upcoming ITV drama Ruth, the Bohemian Rhapsody star is seen playing a former nude model and escorting Ruth Ellis as she marries her lover, murdered racing driver David Blakely, played by actress Laurie Davidson.

The producers of the drama decided to return to the exact spot where Ellis killed her boyfriend on April 10, 1955 to film the scene.

These photos of Boynton and Davidson were taken outside the Magdala pub in north London, where Ellis fired five shots at Blakely, with one bullet ricocheting off the pavement and wounding a passer-by.

With bleached hair and red lipstick, the actress runs towards Blakeley before firing the gun at close range.

The “Bohemian Rhapsody” star is being filmed in the role of former nude model and escort model Ruth Ellis

In the scene, Boyton’s character kills manager David Blakely, played by actress Laurie Davidson (pictured center).

Ruth Ellis (pictured right) was convicted of murder at the Old Bailey and hanged in Holloway Prison in July 1955

Visitors to the Magdala can now see bullet holes in the bar’s wall, although locals say they were made in the 1990s as a trick by partygoers with a drill to lock up a drunk.

As The Mail on Sunday revealed last month, Boynton, who starred as Freddie Mercury’s former fiancé in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, will portray Ellis as a victim of physical abuse in the four-part TV drama.

Call The Midwife and Baptist screenwriter Kelly Jones, who wrote the script for Ruth, reportedly focused on the stormy relationship between Ellis and Blakely. Ellis suffered a miscarriage after her lover, who was engaged to another woman, punched her in the stomach during an affair. Rope.

Ellis allegedly commented: “Do you want to call the police, Clive?” to a friend of Blakely’s after she fired the shots that killed her lover, then told the police officer who arrested her: “I’m guilty, I’m a little confused.”

She was found guilty of murder at the Old Bailey and hanged in Holloway Prison in July 1955.

Her execution is believed to have led to the abolition of the death penalty in Britain.

“Ruth Ellis’ story is fascinating,” Boynton said after landing the role. “I look forward to offering a new perspective to both familiar audiences and those unaware of her influence on British history.”