As Top Boy returns to Netflix, its stars talk about the new series

Revived by Drake, the gritty drama's worldwide popularity hasn't deflected the cast from staying authentic 

 Ashley Walters as Dushane in Top Boy season 2. 

Whenever you put a TV show out in the world, obviously you hope people like it. But what if they really like it – and then there’s an epic six then three-year gap between series. Is that a lot of pressure?

“Yes,” says Ashley Walters, who plays Top Boy’s co-lead Dushane. “Good pressure. It keeps us in check and reminds us we have a job to do, that we have to maintain that essence and core of what the show has always been.