Suspect is set to feature Richard E. Grant and Cold Feet' s James Nesbitt in leading roles. Memorising a complete 25-minute scene every week and being able to execute it in long single takes is really demanding, but James was in the zone and delivered an astonishingly brilliant performance every single week. Menu. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. 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. 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. 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. 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. The cast is incredible. You have to get on with it. There were many unexpected surprises that made our interaction with one another feel even more dangerous. On Downton Abbey I remember we had a dinner scene with two pages of dialogue which took almost four days, because you have to cover every single angle. If I wasn't there for you in life, I'll be there for you in death. A humbled and subdued Danny returns to the hospital mortuary to say a final goodbye to Christina in the company of his ex-wife, Susannah. 1 Thats my homework, just as youd need to give the basic backstory of your life if you were in a therapists office. I think theyll definitely get caught up in it. Read more: Susanna Reid missing from Good Morning Britain as presenter replaced on show. Suspect features an all-star cast and it's full of suspense. What were you expecting from the two-hander set-up? the leading role in the eight-part crime thriller, The Witch Trials of JK Rowling makes sensible points. Most even said they would book again -- about 99%. 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. Published: Wednesday, 29th September 2021 at 12:41 pm. I did a two-hander on stage in New York a few years ago and I do like them. He certainly performs to begin with, giving Danny exactly what you would expect from him, if not more. (2006) Spike Lee's thriller with Denzel Washington and Clive Owen. There were people queuing for hours. Pathologist Jackie (Joely Richardson) explained the cause of death as suicide, but an unconvinced Danny pressed her to tell him the truth. Anne-Marie had a spare week and came in quite late, and it was a thrill to watch her unlock Susannas grief and rage. "He is forced to confront his own failings as a father whilst struggling to make sense of a mass of contradictory testimony and circumstantial evidence, and he must decide who, if anyone, is responsible for Christina's death and what he's going to do about it.". Jo: Suspect is an absolutely gripping story with an unusual format and we immediately spotted the huge potential for an English adaptation. I worked with Jimmy a few years back on a TV series called The Deep. Not the most glamorous of locations, but it looked fantastic on screen. Each episode is a cat and mouse game of one upmanship, where as soon as one character thinks they've got themselves into a strong position, the rug is pulled and another piece of information is revealed. James Nesbitt is taking the leading role in the eight-part crime thriller Suspect. Danny and Christina had a complicated father-daughter relationship in recent years, but he refuses to accept that she would have ended her own life. To know its all happening more or less in real time is a dream gig, to immerse yourself completely in someones world for four days with no breakaways or flashbacks. He's grieving the loss of Christina (Imogen King), his quasi-adopted daughter. CHANNEL 4's highly anticipated new drama, Suspect hit TV screens Sunday night leaving viewers with mixed emotions. Initially, Jaisal easily parries his ex-colleagues clumsy attempts at interrogation, but Dannys behaviour is increasingly volatile, and he takes drastic action in exchange for information from Jaisal. Jo McGrath and Walter Iuzzolino have a wonderful lead in mind for the second series and I have various bits of my anatomy crossed that it gets re-commissioned. But Jackie turns the tables on him with information that appears to disprove his theory, and when Richard turns up at Jackies request, he supports her story. Is there a level of professional respect? Danny follows a lead to the murky Crimson Orchid lapdancing club. For someone who prides themselves on doing the right thing, that would have set him off on a downward spiral. What made Danny a particular challenge to play? From their chemistry on screen, it looks like it was once a good marriage. It sounds pretty gruelling Im not a method actor, but the real challenge for me was sustaining Danny, staying in the moment the whole time and being alert to what the other characters were saying to me, because we're all getting so many different pieces of information and each character has their own agenda. Each of the eight episodes in the series sees Danny interview a 'suspect' in the case. The island of Gigha can be found off the Kintyre coast, and has a population of just over 160 people. Having had this chance to input, Jimmy was incredibly respectful of the script and a real pleasure to work with. What does the two-hander bring out in you? The show also looks very different and has more of a sense of place. 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. Nicola was blindsided. Danny goes to confront his old friend and former partner, Ryan. Bruised by his encounter with Nicola, Danny goes to The Crimson Orchid gentlemens club to look for Maia, who Nicola has accused of corrupting Christina. Jaisal plays by his own rules, because he feels that the world has failed him, society has failed him. During the first lockdown. See production, box office & company info. Suspect is an eight-part series from Eagle Eye Drama. And it was trying not to make Danny too sympathetic. Hes reclaimed his British Indian identity, but on his own terms. No, a couple of projects had come up for us in the past, but the timing wasn't right. Yeah, although hes treading water at this point. I'm in the middle of filming season two of Bloodlands for the BBC. That forces us to pay even closer attention to the central characters and their emotional turmoil. I was immediately attracted by the great scripts and the bold storytelling structure: each episode involved two actors locked in a tense one-on-one confrontation in a single location. An ambulance driver in the queue for fuel told The Sun: At what point is Nesbitts new show more important than NHS staff and other desperate motorists filling up tanks? It made for a very complex and knotty cocktail of emotions which I hugely enjoyed mixing and stirring. They seem to have spent more time on the intro's & adverts than the plotline! Walter: Our ambition from the start was to assemble the most stellar ensemble cast ever seen on British telly! Dries knows exactly what he wants and knows exactly what you can do. Landscape would become echo chamber in which the emotions of our protagonists could reverberate for increased dramatic depth. I think he feels responsible in some way, because he was supposed to be looking out for Christina and they were very close. It's so soon after the events that even Nicola is trying to catch up on what she's actually feeling, because she doesn't know. What are the key themes Suspect explores? How was Susannas relationship with Christina? 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. He is bets known for his parts in Boodlands, Cold Feet and The Missing. It was a thrill to work on all that with him. We cast the lead role first and, once Jimmy was in place, the rest of the cast came together relatively quickly. "Danny and Christina had a complicated father-daughter relationship in recent years, but he refuses to accept that she would have ended her own life. What is coming up next for Eagle Eye? By the time she found out about these dark things that were controlling Christinas life, it was too late. In one of his first major TV roles, Cardiff-born actor Sion Daniel Young will be playing suspect Colin Stagg. When it finally began to slow down, what was driving Christina, this larger- than-life person, was something that was incredibly broken. Actress Niamh Algar, who plays Nicola, said they had also filmed in West London. "It was a pleasant surprise to do that. Jaisal knows exactly how to needle Danny. I'm currently filming a major new six-part crime-thriller based on Mo Hayders acclaimed Jack Caffery novels called Wolf for the BBC. She is Dannys ex-wife and a psychologist who works with different techniques like hypnotherapy. And like Jaisal, Ive spent so long trying to fit into one space or the other, Ive negated just how empowering it is to embrace the best of both, and carve out my own space. Filming Locations (5) Filming Dates (1) Filming Locations. There was someone professional and good and loving in there, but the job fucked him up and he was corrupted. It meant very little sitting around. What do you think viewers will get out of the series? James Nesbitt and Sam Heughan (Image: Channel 4) Suspect is set in London, and as such features parts of the capital. Somehow it takes wading through the worst hell to get to some kind of self- respect or redemption. What was the highlight of the shoot for you? But he's a giving actor, flexible and able to make every take a bit different, so it was a pleasure. Then Id have a couple of days off to learn the next episode, come in and spend a day talking about the script, and then shoot. Weve also stayed true to the format: each episode is essentially a two-hander between Danny and one of the eight suspects. The Suspect was set and filmed in and around the city of London. When Danny comes into the club, shes used to dealing with men like him, aggressive and trying to assert authority. Suspect premiered on 19 June 2022 on Channel 4. Hes not just the bad guy, hes clever, hes intuitive, and hes learnt how to manipulate others in order to get what he wants. Nicola has the upper hand a little at first, in that she knows why this man's relationship with her partner fell apart and is prepared to make him face a few facts. Telling the story of a complex crime investigation through a series of double-handers felt incredibly exciting, as it meant relying almost exclusively on the written word and the performance. 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. Not the most glamorous of locations, but it looked fantastic on screen. We pay for videos too. Was the tight shooting schedule helpful in a way? This was like theatre, but even more focused. What have been the toughest and most rewarding aspects of working on the series? How does a two-hander test you as an actor? How tough was it to assemble all these big names? Jaisal was working with Danny in the police force but was let go because of serious misconduct. You knew and felt every moment. That would not have been possible to anything like the same degree without his input and Im grateful to him for his collaborative approach. It was heroic. His character is very reserved and trying not to show emotion, whereas Nicola is really going there. In my first draft of episode four, Sachas character, Jaisal, had a different ethnicity, but I re-drafted it quite extensively after Sacha came on board. (Channel 4) "Clearly Suspect is aiming for a certain mood, a sort of Luther -lite. Walter and I were confident we could attract a top-quality cast, and the format also has the added bonus of being relatively Covid safe compared to much bigger cast ensembles that we were already making at the height of the pandemic. Danny has come to check whether the identity of a young female victim of an apparent suicide matches that of a missing person in a case that his colleague is working on, but he makes the shocking discovery that the young woman in the mortuary, Christina (Imogen King), is his estranged daughter. What challenges did that pose? Ultimately, he must decide who, if anyone, is responsible for her death. Channel 4 says: "When veteran detective, Danny Frater, turns up at a hospital mortuary for what he thinks is a routine ID check on a young woman's body, he gets a devastating shock; the corpse turns out to be his estranged daughter, Christina. No. I loved him by the end of it, but I also had that loathing for him that he had himself. It must be fulfilling to work through all that in character. The hallucinations themselves provide another twist in the tale. addictive crime drama to our screens, this time starring Jame Nesbitt. Last year James Nesbitt was pictured at a Texaco garage in Vauxhall, south London, filming for Suspect. Jaisal now owns a premises where he runs different aspects of his business. However, viewers may be surprised to know that the building used for the hospital was actually at the City of Westminster College in Paddington. 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. Harry is very unforgiving and relentless in saying to Danny: you fucked up and you have to take some responsibility for your daughter's death. 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. She finds Danny there, and hes come to his daughters apartment for the very first time. With stars like James Nesbitt, Richard E Grant and Anne-Marie Duff in the mix, Suspect is not short of acclaimed actors. She gave me a great gift, because I could see it from her point of view each job has its own slightly different language. How does the series differ from the Danish original? The first episode of Suspect, Channel 4's newest drama that is based on Danish series Forhret, aired on Sunday, June 19 to mixed reviews. I was nervous because I'd never done something of this nature before and I wondered if hed remember me. He was great, very focused because of the nature of what he had to do and his huge workload, which was not to be underestimated. But the more prep you do, the more it pays off because the freer you can be. 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'm sure that helps, in that we were playing characters who had never met before. Jackie Sowden, the pathologist, is convinced its a suicide, but Danny is determined to prove otherwise. What were you looking for in your leading man? Dark Belgian psychological drama from Walter Presents. What has changed most significantly is the depth of characterisation and, with it, the psychological credibility of their motivation. We deliberately chose to observe the city and its landmarks from skewed and unusual angles, often under the bridges so it would look and feel like an altered and more abstract version of a place strongly etched in viewers imaginations. A detective retraces the final days of his murdered daughter to discover what happened. Danny is a hugely demanding part to play because of the emotional range required and his unrelenting presence on screen. A veteran detective sets out on an agonising mission to uncover the truth about his daughter's death. Something went wrong, please try again later. Yes, so that after her suicide, he's as devastated as though its his own flesh and blood. In an old building that had been used for medical testing. Suspect continues on Channel 4 on Monday, June 20 at 9pm. Understanding an actor and their creative triggers is crucial when shaping a performance: what kind of person they are, how they react to the script, what vibe they bring. They were obviously very close at one time, and we get to see that relationship in his hallucinations. Of course, Id love to write it! Danny turns up on Jackies doorstep to question why the evidence of foul play he has uncovered wasnt mentioned in her post-mortem report. I hope we see the journey of a man who has a touch of Conrad about him, someone who has descended to the worst place he could be. Hes become quite a successful entrepreneur, but on his own terms playing by his own rules. Police archivist Astrid Nielsen, who is autistic, is co-opted by a rule-breaking detective, Raphaelle Coste, to help solve intractable cases. Ryan could hardly be more different to Jamie, your character in Outlander Yeah, absolutely. Although the medical evidence points overwhelmingly to suicide, Danny refuses to accept the findings of the autopsy, and he sets out on a chaotic and often agonising crusade to discover what really happened to his daughter. 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