Jo: The role of Danny is an incredibly challenging one for any actor. They have a daughter together, Christina (Imogen King) and their relationship is complex. For Baker, Suspect is "about the elastic nature of truth and the lies we tell to make it possible to live with ourselves". The Suspect was set and filmed in and around the city of London. However, many viewers were thrilled by the gripping drama with some taking to social media to applaud the new series with some consuming the entire series on Sunday night. That helped me attain a degree of emotional clarity. How did you work on your scenes together? 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Yes, I think there is regret that he doesn't have his own children and isn't married no amount of money is going to alleviate that. Youre never sure whats true, because so much is hidden. It was very intense, especially because ours was the first episode to be shot. Hes clever, hes dangerous, hes manipulative, and he knows exactly how to get what he wants. But that helped, because it was a bit like doing a play, staying in the zone because you needed to. They were also incredibly supportive and protective of me, I think instinctively, because they knew I was taking on a fairly big responsibility. As he carries out a search, he is startled to discover a young woman hiding in the bedroom and, although she does her best to escape, Danny manages to prevent her, and he forces her to answer his questions. Is he now regretting putting money before everything else? And beneath that steely veneer is actually a young man that is more vulnerable than he lets on. Does Maia think Christina might have been murdered? An old acquaintance, Jaisal, may hold some vital information about Christinas last known whereabouts but new information will come at a heavy price for Danny. When you're doing theatre, you read the script over and over, working out all the moves. Suspect has been written for TV and the events of the show are entirely fictional. He's got anger issues, a lot of pent-up aggression and hes quite unstable the kind of character I hadn't played before. Even so, I would jump at the opportunity to create a second season! Suicide is the initial judgment: the cop, Danny Frater (James Nesbitt), grills the pathologist (Joely Richardson, pictured . It feels very like doing a play in that there's nowhere to hide and no action sequences to distract. You learn a great deal about Harry and the depth of his anguish during that scene. No Comments. A Channel 4 spokesperson said at the time: The forecourt was used from midnight to 5am on Thursday, during which time the area was safely cordoned off, with cast, crew and equipment clearly visible to drivers from a distance., Suspect is written by Matt Baker, who previously wrote Before We Die on Channel 4. Jo: We have three returning series in production, which is a tremendous achievement for a relatively new drama production company and a great testament to the quality of those series. She is incredibly focused on her work and the procedures are all important, so in the first few minutes, when his behaviour gets out of hand, that really freaks her out. countries. How would you describe Driess creative vision? The difference here was that there was very little rehearsal. As a director you are immersed for several months in a dark world and, after many months of pre- production, shooting and editing, that sense of relentless grief becomes all consuming. It was heroic. Of course, Id love to write it! Did you have any reservations about getting involved? The people Danny meets are all wildly different types, which made the casting process really exciting. The other actors in the series are able to build on your work, but you kick off the series with James Nesbitt. What challenges did that pose? The search for the reason behind a daughters death is the central framework for a story about a father mourning for the loss of his child and questioning the mistakes he might have made as a parent. One of my best friends is a nurse, and it turned out that this stuff was in the exam she was doing that week. It had been almost 10 years since we worked together, so like Jaisal, I was keen to prove myself, and not drop the ball. From Walter Presents comes an intense Canadian crime drama. We know very little about her at first, although she has been a friend of Christina's (Imogen King) since they got introduced to one another through the party scene. The cast is incredible. Jimmy (Nesbitt, playing Danny) and I would throw each other ideas, so it did feel like very much like a collaborative piece of storytelling. We managed to hit every light as we went through, which was really exciting. The series, which boasts an an all-star cast, follows veteran detective, Danny Frater, who turns up at a hospital mortuary for what he thinks is a routine ID check on a young womans body, but gets a devastating shock when the corpse turns out to be his estranged daughter, Christina. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. His ex-wife Susanna (Anne-Marie Duff) talks about how he has been struggling all his life to see the good in himself, and therefore the good in other people. CHANNEL 4's highly anticipated new drama, Suspect hit TV screens Sunday night leaving viewers with mixed emotions. Suspect Sunday 19 June, 9pm, Channel 4 Joely Richardson as Jackie Snowden and James Nesbitt as Danny Frater (Photo: Channel 4/Anthony Ellison) . How did you handle the pressure of playing a grieving character? closest to Christina her partner, her best friend, her business partner, her godfather, her mentor, and her mother (and Dannys ex-wife) he learns about her increasingly dark and complicated life comes face-to-face with his own failings as a man and a father and the part they may have played in her demise. Hes certainly not a maverick! That causes friction with Danny (James Nesbitt) when Danny accuses him of murder. Its great to be able to have the time to work through the character in advance with the writer. And for those that might not - here's everything you need to know about where The Suspect was filmed. They're very intimate, very intense and while thats slightly scary, its also really appealing, jumping feet first into something. Eagle-eyed viewers may spot specific filming locations in and around North London - including the Coal Drops Yard area in Kings Cross and Paddington Basin, which were used as backdrops for some scenes. Do you have a story for The Sun Showbiz team? He owns strip clubs, racecourses, racehorses, he deals with betting whatever makes money. In an amazing space that is actually part of a Thames Water sewage plant! 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He's grieving the loss of Christina (Imogen King), his quasi-adopted daughter. Fans of the show can also take a trip into central London, where they will find The City of Westminster College, as well as The Shard and London Bridge. As Harry shatters the last of Dannys delusions, he is left questioning his very will to live. He added that whilst staying true to the format of the original show, he wanted to "add a few twists along the way". Then shes quickly on the back foot because she realises that there's more to him than just a random guy and she doesnt know why Christine is dead. Filming Locations (5) Filming Dates (1) Filming Locations. Well, it was nothing compared to what Jimmy was dealing with! James Nesbitt leads the cast of Channel 4's Suspect. All I had to worry about was Nicola, whereas he was in all eight episodes, so naturally his head was filled with a lot more information than mine, just to make sure the whole thing makes sense. For other inquiries, Contact Us. Youve built the muscle memory to almost let go of it all, be in the moment and trust its all there. Susanna is very vocational, too. If you're a fan of the series and would like to see where The Suspect's thrilling scenes were filmed, then the good news is - you can. It must be fulfilling to work through all that in character. No, a couple of projects had come up for us in the past, but the timing wasn't right. The hallucinations themselves provide another twist in the tale. You have to get on with it. Nothing glues us together more than going through something, even though it might then render us completely separate afterwards. Channel 4 has commissioned new crime thriller Suspect (w/t), with Bloodlands star James Nesbitt, Doctor Who 's Sacha Dhawan and . Exactly shes not a flake so there couldnt be any dithering in these very long takes. Ryan could hardly be more different to Jamie, your character in Outlander Yeah, absolutely. We do hear about a partner but it seems like they split up after quite a tempestuous relationship because Ryans not an easy guy to live with. Under duress Maia, the manager, gives him a link to the criminal underworld into which Christina was lured its a name from Dannys own past. I think you have to. What made Danny a particular challenge to play? Walter: Our ambition from the start was to assemble the most stellar ensemble cast ever seen on British telly! In the Danish version, the lead role felt quite closed and unlikable. A star-studded new crime drama has been announced by Channel 4. A tight choreography would potentially limit the actors freedom of action and expression, which I wanted to avoid at all costs. . You could really feel the sweat, which lent a lot to the scene. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. James Nesbitt is taking the leading role in the eight-part crime thriller Suspect. I need to think consciously as the character and find reasons why the character is there and why she's doing the things shes doing. A lot of it is him saying sorry to her and assuaging his notions of self-loathing and guilt, but also to say: I will not let this go away. We could incorporate a bit of bag work, boxing and Muay Thai in there, which was great because I did some Muay Thai training in Thailand years ago. The isle is the perfect location for . He was an incredible scene partner, and it all had so many layers. Channel 4's latest drama, Suspect, stars James Nesbitt as Detective Danny Frater, as he desperately tries to figure out how his daughter ended up on an autopsy table in the morgue. Harry is determined that Danny takes responsibility for the neglect of his daughter. Imagine having the opportunity to work with actors like Anne-Marie Duff or Niamh Algar (playing Nicola) Richard (E Grant, playing Harry) was going through a difficult stage in his life as it wasnt long since hed lost his wife, but he had one extraordinary speech towards the end of our episode and just nailed it in one take. Danny arrives at the apartment where Christinas body was found and manages to find his way inside. A slightly mysterious city, depleted of human life and traffic, with major landmark buildings only fleetingly appearing from below bridges, side streets, abandoned car parks etc We wanted to capture the spirit of Edward Hopper paintings and transfer it into contemporary London, as we thought this would lend the city a palpable emotional quality. Suspect continues on Channel 4 on Monday, June 20 at 9pm. Will it be available to watch in the USA? Jo: I was always very confident wed attract fantastic actors to this series because the schedule, format and the way its shot presents a real acting challenge and, in my experience, good actors really respond to roles that will challenge them. As she sat, a suspect a Romanian woman opened the car door and forcibly removed a ring and necklace from the victim, according to Aldrich. What was the highlight of the shoot for you? The restrained approach of the narrative architecture of the series meant I had to think very carefully about how far I would want to go in choreographing and styling individual shots. You don't know if Danny is a sane man or whether its all in his head. Nicola feels just as responsible for her partners death, she feels she could have done something but either chose not to try and help or just ran out of energy. At the end of it, I was fucking exhausted! Veteran detective Danny Frater is called to a hospital mortuary to identify a corpse only to find it is his estranged daughter. Email digishowbiz@the-sun.co.uk or call us direct on 0207 782 4220 . (Channel 4) "Clearly Suspect is aiming for a certain mood, a sort of Luther -lite. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Actors could rehearse, block the episode, and then immerse themselves in a performance they could deliver from beginning to end, which was an obvious advantage in terms of emotional credibility and dramatic coherence. Death in Paradise filming locations in the . Richard arrives to take Danny into custody but one final clue provokes a dramatic climax to the case. "Each episode of Suspect is an intensely theatrical double-hander, a psychological battle of wits between Danny and another character who may know something about his daughter's untimely death, and I really. The star is taking the leading role in the eight-part crime thriller Suspect. Suspect plot The eight-part drama centres on veteran detective Danny Frater (Nesbitt), who arrives at a hospital mortuary for what he thinks is a routine ID check on a young woman's body.. He cares for Danny and still considers him a friend, but hes just lost his way completely. With that shift in characterisation has come a complete rewriting of the back stories and dialogue. You have to totally rely on the person that you're playing opposite and hope you can step up to that standard. If I wasn't there for you in life, I'll be there for you in death. It was a thrill to work on all that with him. CHANNEL 4's highly anticipated new drama, Suspect hit TV screens Sunday night leaving viewers with mixed emotions. Intriguing French crime drama from Walter Presents. But all the characters have guilt somewhere. By taking these embed codes you are agreeing to the terms and conditions. We very much hope Suspect will be coming back for a second series and, of course, we have a wonderful actor in mind to play the lead. He is on the brink of finally accepting Christinas death was suicide, when he spots something which changes everything. How other people see you is not how you see yourself, and I would say that he obviously doesn't see himself like that. Jo: Suspect is an absolutely gripping story with an unusual format and we immediately spotted the huge potential for an English adaptation. I was very quick to say yes. I think it was very much a whirlwind romance. It's an interesting time and I'm playing quite a range of characters, which really excites me because I suppose I am a character actress. You knew and felt every moment. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. What sort of challenges and opportunities did the two-hander set-up create for you? Fantastic cast. Those locations are hugely evocative. Although I had an idea of the arc of it when I went in, I approached my episode as a complete story in itself. He also liked me to watch the monitor after Id done a scene, which I tend not to do but he was quite insistent. He's such a funny mix: so intelligent, and hes obviously mastered the art of screen acting, but then he'll go and sit on this chair and suck his thumb, like a little kid! Apart from saying good evening and goodbye, because they were night shoots, there was no small talk outside our scenes. It allows time for things to digest, so you dont have to think too much on the day of filming. Jo McGrath & Walter Iuzzolino (Executive producers and co-founders of Eagle Eye Drama). Hes actually quite selfish, but as a result he has the recognition, respect, and power that hes always craved, and he relishes in that, perhaps a little too much. Suspect (1987) Movies, TV, Celebs, and more. interface language. What have been the toughest and most rewarding aspects of working on Suspect? We wanted London from below. With every new encounter we find out more of Dannys flaws, but the audience need to continue to care about him if theyre going to invest in his journey to find the truth.