Molony is an exemplary “vagabond cock”, a bristling, pouting, sexually ambiguous and latently terrifying Foster. He makes dark shadows his friend and convinces as a lurker on the edge, one whose power and influence over Hirst waxes and wanes. His loud clothes reflect his arrogance and his sense of his own masculinity. The moment he plunges Spooner into darkness is chillingly intense. Molony is superb.