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Scotsman
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Dept. Q Review: Is the new Netflix crime drama set in Edinburgh worth watching?
Matthew Goode stars in new Netflix crime drama Dept. Q. | Justin Downing/Netflix There's a new crimefighter on the streets of Auld Reekie in a hotly-anticipated new Netflix series - and we've seen the first two episodes. Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Edinburgh must have a decent claim to the title of the British televisual murder capital - with corpses cropping up at an alarming rate in a string of small screen adaptations, including Ian Rankin's Rebus, Kate Atkinson's Case Studies and Irvine Welsh's Crime. Now the body count is set to rise again, thanks to new nine-part Netflix crime drama Dept. Q. It offers a fresh take on Jussi Adler-Olsen's acclaimed series of novels, already turned into a Danish film franchise, with the action transposed from Copenhagen to the streets of Scotland's Capital. It's not a tough leap to make given the shared ground covered by the Scandi Noir and Tartan Noir writing genres. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Our new rogue policeman-with-issues (is there any other kind?) is DCI Carl Morcjk, played by Matthew Goode. Goode is one of those actors you instantly recognise but struggle to remember exactly where from. The answer, depending on age and taste, is likely to either be prestige dramas The Crown and Downtown Abbey or superhero film Watchmen. He plays Morcjk with sweary, exasperated abandon; perpetually looking like he's just rolled out of bed after about 20 minutes sleep to deliver withering putdowns to Millenial underlings. The first episode, as is often the case with such series, is as overstuffed as an Edinburgh morgue. The huge number of characters requiring introduction and scene-setting marks to hit mean your full attention is demanded. Play with your phone for a couple of minutes and expect to be all at sea. Put simply, the premise is that DCI Morcjk is a brilliant but near-universally loathed detective who is put in charge of a new cold case unit after a traumantic incident at a crime scene leaves his partner paralysed and another officer dead. Morcjk himself barely escapes with his life, adding another layer to his previous misanthropic view of life. As he says to his psychologist (played by Kelly Macdonald, effortlessly elevating every scene she's in): 'I had problems with human beings long before I got shot in the face'. Meanwhile, we also meet a maverick prosecutor, played by Chloe Pirrie (Shell, An Inspector Calls), whose troubled professional and personal life appears to be putting her on a collision course with DCI Morcjk. Kelly Macdonald in Dept. Q. | Netflix The titular Dept. Q is the dusty basement office/toilet he's banished to by a budget-hungry boss (a magnificently mercenary Kate Dickie), complete with a stack of unsolved case files and a mysterious Syrian assistant called Akram whom, you suspect, contains multitudes. So far, so Slow Horses, and it's hard to not compare it with the award-winning Apple TV+ series. Gary Oldman's filthy (in every sense of the word) Jackson Lamb makes DCI Morcjk look like Hercule Poirot when it comes to language and personal hygiene. What marks Dept. Q out is the excellent, largely Scottish, cast - with every actor from north of the border seemingly making an appearance. Indeed, if this one runs (and there are 10 books so far), it could fill part of the Scottish thespian employment gap left by the soon-to-end River City. Along with Kate Dickie and Kelly McDonald, there are big-hitters like Mark Bonnar and Shirley Henderson, alongside up-and-comers including Leah Byrne and at least two members of the Still Game gang. Of course Edinburgh itself has a starring role too, and it's fun to pick off the locations used, from the High Court to the number 34 bus heading to Leith. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Leah Byrne in Dept. Q. | Jamie Simpson/Netflix It's a tricksy and intricate opening episode which pleasingly pulls the rug from under your feet with a wicked twist. The second instalment ventures further into Morcjk's first investigation, adding depth to the main protagonists and allowing subsidiary characters more room to breathe (Henderson in particular shines) - while a cliffhanger means that it'd be a crime not to click the 'next episode' button.
Irish Examiner
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
'You do your homework': Matthew Goode on playing a cop in major new Netflix series Dept. Q
A cold-case mystery like no other is set to unfold in the binge-worthy crime series Dept. Q. The new show from The Queen's Gambit writer-director Scott Frank sees cantankerous English detective Carl Morck (Matthew Goode) setting up a cold-case department in his adopted city of Edinburgh. Shaken by a violent attack that has left one colleague dead and another with serious injuries, Morck wrestles with his own trauma as he unfurls a shocking missing person case. Dept. Q is an adaptation of the novels of the same name by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen, with Frank moving the action from Copenhagen to the Scottish city. For Goode, it feels like the second time Frank has given him a role that others may not have considered casting him in, following 2007 US crime thriller The Lookout, in which he co-starred with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jeff Daniels. What was it, does he think, that the filmmaker saw in his leading man for this character? 'That's a question for Scott, really, and I suspect he's full of regret,' smiled the actor. 'A lot of pigeonholing goes on in our business. I've been quite lucky with the range of roles I've had over what is now into my 22nd, 23rd year. "But he's given me the most different and challenging roles. One was a bank robber, which I don't think I scream, and now Morck. And I think some people would have gone for someone who's a bit more grizzled, a bit more... Tom Hardy would have made a very good Morck. Maybe he was busy. I don't know. I don't want to get into it.' Matthew Goode in Dept Q on Netflix. It proves to be an inspired piece of casting - as fans of Adler-Olsen's novels will know, there's a lot more to this detective than meets the eye. An actor who likes to do his research, Goode delved deep into the character of a contrary, unpopular detective harbouring trauma because of recent events in his own life. It helps, he says, that Frank's writing is so nuanced. 'That's a great thing about Scott's writing: how you can balance something that's so dark and so on the nose, for the particular genre, and then it has all this hilarity in it as well. Certainly humour. You're always going to have a great time working with Scott Frank. 'We do an awful lot of homework. There are a lot of secrets that I can put into my brain about his life because of the transposition from Copenhagen to Edinburgh, and then making me an outsider by making me English. I get to mess around with all the socio-political stuff, the history of Carl, because none of it makes sense anymore from the novel, which is why I didn't bother reading it. We've given him a really great backstory. I don't know whether you have to like your character, just have great understanding. 'There was a lot of stuff going on with PTSD that really needed a lot of research - I had friends who worked and served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Once you've done all your homework, you turn up, and you just see what everyone else's homework looks like. Get it on film, and it's riding by the seat of your pants for six months. It was kind of marvellous. And we've always got Scott to say: 'Why are you doing that?'' he jokes. Goode has enjoyed a steady career since first breaking through in comedy dramas such as Woody Allen's Match Point and an adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. TV roles have included Downton Abbey and The Crown, which got him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for playing Tony Armstrong Jones. Other movie roles include The Imitation Game, Watchmen and opposite young Irish star Alisha Weir in last year's horror hit Abigail. Matthew Goode and Jamie Sives in Dept Q. Mixing up his roles with talented directors remains his goal, he says. 'I mean, it is their medium, effectively. But you know, it's like a river. You're going to get caught in certain eddys, it's not going to be smooth. "And financials, if we're honest, are a part of it, because if you have some money in your bank account, and you get to wait to make a better choice, then that's it. Working with Scott originally, that was my first American role, and I was very lucky to get that.' He is also hopeful that Dept. Q, one of Netflix's big summer series, will resonate with audiences, but he says he tries not to think too much about that side of the business. A series like this, which runs to almost nine hours, gives him a chance to do a deep dive into long-form TV storytelling, an opportunity he embraces, he says. 'I like it. I think it's great for adaptations of books now, that seems to be happening a lot, and it's nicer rather than trying to cram a book into two hours of a movie that it gets to unfurl like the chapters of the book.' Dept Q is now available on Netflix City switch: Copenhagen to Edinburgh The creators of Dept. Q opted to shift the novels' setting of Copenhagen in Denmark to Edinburgh in Scotland, bringing a whole other edge and dimension to the gritty detective story. The combination of the modern and the medieval, Frank has said, felt right - and gives the historic and dramatic city a chance to shine on screen. Leah Byrne, Matthew Goode, Scott Frank and Alexej Manvelov attend a screening of Dept Q. (Photo by StillMoving) 'Edinburgh's such a busy city, but it's a gorgeous city,' says Leah Byrne, who plays Detective Constable Rose Dickson in the show. 'It's beautiful - and I am from Glasgow, so there's a slight rivalry! I only spent a lot of time in Edinburgh via The Fringe, and obviously that's a really different experience to how it is normally. "So it was so nice to just get to spend some time there and really appreciate how beautiful it is and why you should film more there, because it's so scenic and stunning. Everything's within walking distance, but there's just so much variety in terms of what you can do.' Swedish actor Alexej Manvelov, whose previous work includes Chernobyl and who plays Goode's cold-case assistant in the series, the role marked his first time in the Scottish city, which memorably hosted Trainspotting, a massive hit for Danny Boyle and his cast back in 1996. 'It's so ancient, and it's very well preserved. It is a character in and of itself. Everywhere you go, there's just these details and statues, and I really appreciate the architecture of it all.'
San Francisco Chronicle
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Matthew Goode is both good and bad cop in Netflix's 'Dept. Q'
LONDON (AP) — Being a leading man? Matthew Goode quite likes it. He's the star of 'Dept. Q,' based on the books by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen and set in the cold case division of an Edinburgh police station. From 'The Queen's Gambit' showrunner Scott Frank, the nine-part miniseries launches Thursday and sees Goode playing a one-man combination of good cop/bad cop. While Detective Chief Inspector Carl Morck is a brilliant investigator, he is equally successful at annoying people — even begrudging respect for his talent quickly turns into intense dislike. It's not that Goode hasn't been No. 1 on the call sheet before, it's just that he didn't enjoy it. 'It's something I shied away from after the beginning of my career where I was there for a bit and then I had some sort of bad things … things weren't necessarily positive at that point, after that. And I just went, I just want to be, you know, not the lead anymore,' he says. Goode also acknowledges that actors don't get to choose if a main part is 'bestowed' on them and notes that Frank fought to cast him in 'Dept. Q.' The pair first worked together on 'The Lookout' (2007) with the English actor portraying an American thief, a long way from the period dramas Goode has been recently known for, playing suave Brits in 'The Crown,' 'Downton Abbey' and 'Freud's Last Session.' Goode and Frank talked and teased each other in an interview with The Associated Press about working together, cast bonding and breaking Goode out of his period drama groove. The conversation has been edited for clarity and brevity. FRANK: Taxing, toxic, troubling. GOODE: Well, he's the genius and I just do what he says, basically. FRANK: I wish. We go way back. We made a film together, the first film I ever directed, in fact. And I was lucky that I had Matthew because he was outstanding and made it easier for me at that point. And I think we both just really know one another and I love this man — I would work with him in everything I ever did, but he's a pain in the ass. GOODE: Well, you know. There has to be some cost! GOODE: OK, so now you see what I'm working with. This is the second time he's given me a character that I genuinely don't think that many other people would have taken that chance, because I don't really scream Kansas City bank robber (in 'The Lookout'). And I think this is a part that some people would have kind of gone, it's a bit more sort of Tom Hardy-ish, perhaps. But that's what we are, we're actors, but you don't necessarily get to be versatile a lot of the time, so I feel very indebted to you. AP: And did you write this with Matthew in mind? FRANK: I had always thought he would be terrific for this, and I didn't know if we would end up doing it together, but from the minute I started thinking about it, doing it here, I really thought, oh, and I knew he would love it. I think a lot of times people only see actors in one way or a particular way, is because they don't really see them, they just see the roles they've already played, they're not really paying attention to what else is happening. AP: It's not a period drama. GOODE: There you go, that's a prime example, yeah. AP: So is that part of the appeal? GOODE: I mean a career is, for want of a better way of explaining it, is a bit like a river where essentially you can go, there's the main channel in it, but there's eddies and you get caught in certain things and you get cast in certain ways. So you're not really ever particularly in control of it. Certainly unless you have your own production company or you become a massive star where you actually sort of have the keys to Hollywood and then you have a bit more of a sphere of influence and you can dip your toes in different waters. And he had to fight for me a little bit for this one. He had to go bat for me to actually do the part. AP: Have you played a detective before? GOODE: No, this is my first time, I think. I've got a memory like a sieve now; I've got three kids, that's the only thing I really think about. But no, I think this is my first time. GOODE: Only with my wife with some dress up, but that's about it. AP: Carl seems to wind everybody up. FRANK: A lot of people he winds up are people you want him to wind up and then a lot of times he's shooting down. But then, the people he's shooting down at surprise you by coming straight back at him. They don't necessarily let him get away with Carl being Carl. AP: And he's not a posh character. GOODE: No because (Frank) transposed it from the original Danish setting, Copenhagen, and it works brilliantly, obviously, in Edinburgh, and it becomes this amazing character. But he made the character English. But we haven't given too much detail yet as to as to his past, which I love the fact, because we're aiming to be able to keep doing this because there's 10 books. AP: I spoke to Leah Byrne and Alexej Manvelov, who both had first day nerves and are so good in this. Did it surprise you that they needed reassurance? FRANK: We all need reassurance. Including me. GOODE: Every actor I've ever met. FRANK: Your first day is really scary. There are all these people ... and acting, as I like to say, is the most difficult job in all of this because you're making yourself so vulnerable in front of a hundred strangers. So Day 1 is even worse. AP: And Matthew went out with Alexej for a long lunch? GOODE: I know it sounds a bit unprofessional, but actually, it's really, for me, that's the way that I like to work is to give myself to the other people that I've got major relationships in the show with, because I'm not competitive as an actor. I really want to share the screen. I find it weird when it doesn't happen the other way toward me. And so that's a really important relationship ... and I wanted us to have a great friendship. FRANK: The one thing you can't fix in post-production is casting if you've not cast well. And there were a lot of different relationships happening here, so they all had to work together. And they were all terrific. I would be surprised every day by something one of these actors would do. And, what was really fun for me too, is how much Matthew appreciated the skill on the other side. He was never like threatened or felt he was being shown up, it was like this delight.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Matthew Goode is both good and bad cop in Netflix's 'Dept. Q'
LONDON (AP) — Being a leading man? Matthew Goode quite likes it. He's the star of 'Dept. Q,' based on the books by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen and set in the cold case division of an Edinburgh police station. From 'The Queen's Gambit' showrunner Scott Frank, the nine-part miniseries launches Thursday and sees Goode playing a one-man combination of good cop/bad cop. While Detective Chief Inspector Carl Morck is a brilliant investigator, he is equally successful at annoying people — even begrudging respect for his talent quickly turns into intense dislike. It's not that Goode hasn't been No. 1 on the call sheet before, it's just that he didn't enjoy it. 'It's something I shied away from after the beginning of my career where I was there for a bit and then I had some sort of bad things … things weren't necessarily positive at that point, after that. And I just went, I just want to be, you know, not the lead anymore,' he says. Goode also acknowledges that actors don't get to choose if a main part is 'bestowed' on them and notes that Frank fought to cast him in 'Dept. Q.' The pair first worked together on 'The Lookout' (2007) with the English actor portraying an American thief, a long way from the period dramas Goode has been recently known for, playing suave Brits in 'The Crown,' 'Downton Abbey' and 'Freud's Last Session.' Goode and Frank talked and teased each other in an interview with The Associated Press about working together, cast bonding and breaking Goode out of his period drama groove. The conversation has been edited for clarity and brevity. AP: To start with, can I get you to describe your relationship? GOODE: Father and son. FRANK: Taxing, toxic, troubling. GOODE: Well, he's the genius and I just do what he says, basically. FRANK: I wish. We go way back. We made a film together, the first film I ever directed, in fact. And I was lucky that I had Matthew because he was outstanding and made it easier for me at that point. And I think we both just really know one another and I love this man — I would work with him in everything I ever did, but he's a pain in the ass. GOODE: Well, you know. There has to be some cost! FRANK: He is Carl Morck, in many ways. To know him is to want to strangle him. Does that sum it up? GOODE: OK, so now you see what I'm working with. This is the second time he's given me a character that I genuinely don't think that many other people would have taken that chance, because I don't really scream Kansas City bank robber (in 'The Lookout'). And I think this is a part that some people would have kind of gone, it's a bit more sort of Tom Hardy-ish, perhaps. But that's what we are, we're actors, but you don't necessarily get to be versatile a lot of the time, so I feel very indebted to you. AP: And did you write this with Matthew in mind? FRANK: I had always thought he would be terrific for this, and I didn't know if we would end up doing it together, but from the minute I started thinking about it, doing it here, I really thought, oh, and I knew he would love it. I think a lot of times people only see actors in one way or a particular way, is because they don't really see them, they just see the roles they've already played, they're not really paying attention to what else is happening. AP: It's not a period drama. GOODE: There you go, that's a prime example, yeah. AP: So is that part of the appeal? GOODE: I mean a career is, for want of a better way of explaining it, is a bit like a river where essentially you can go, there's the main channel in it, but there's eddies and you get caught in certain things and you get cast in certain ways. So you're not really ever particularly in control of it. Certainly unless you have your own production company or you become a massive star where you actually sort of have the keys to Hollywood and then you have a bit more of a sphere of influence and you can dip your toes in different waters. And he had to fight for me a little bit for this one. He had to go bat for me to actually do the part. AP: Have you played a detective before? GOODE: No, this is my first time, I think. I've got a memory like a sieve now; I've got three kids, that's the only thing I really think about. But no, I think this is my first time. FRANK: I don't think you have. GOODE: Only with my wife with some dress up, but that's about it. AP: Carl seems to wind everybody up. FRANK: A lot of people he winds up are people you want him to wind up and then a lot of times he's shooting down. But then, the people he's shooting down at surprise you by coming straight back at him. They don't necessarily let him get away with Carl being Carl. AP: And he's not a posh character. GOODE: No because (Frank) transposed it from the original Danish setting, Copenhagen, and it works brilliantly, obviously, in Edinburgh, and it becomes this amazing character. But he made the character English. But we haven't given too much detail yet as to as to his past, which I love the fact, because we're aiming to be able to keep doing this because there's 10 books. AP: I spoke to Leah Byrne and Alexej Manvelov, who both had first day nerves and are so good in this. Did it surprise you that they needed reassurance? FRANK: We all need reassurance. Including me. GOODE: Every actor I've ever met. FRANK: Your first day is really scary. There are all these people ... and acting, as I like to say, is the most difficult job in all of this because you're making yourself so vulnerable in front of a hundred strangers. So Day 1 is even worse. AP: And Matthew went out with Alexej for a long lunch? GOODE: I know it sounds a bit unprofessional, but actually, it's really, for me, that's the way that I like to work is to give myself to the other people that I've got major relationships in the show with, because I'm not competitive as an actor. I really want to share the screen. I find it weird when it doesn't happen the other way toward me. And so that's a really important relationship ... and I wanted us to have a great friendship. FRANK: The one thing you can't fix in post-production is casting if you've not cast well. And there were a lot of different relationships happening here, so they all had to work together. And they were all terrific. I would be surprised every day by something one of these actors would do. And, what was really fun for me too, is how much Matthew appreciated the skill on the other side. He was never like threatened or felt he was being shown up, it was like this delight. GOODE: Probably was being shown up. FRANK: Oh, you were, trust me, they all steal it from you.
Hamilton Spectator
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
Matthew Goode is both good and bad cop in Netflix's ‘Dept. Q'
LONDON (AP) — Being a leading man? Matthew Goode quite likes it. He's the star of 'Dept. Q,' based on the books by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen and set in the cold case division of an Edinburgh police station. From 'The Queen's Gambit' showrunner Scott Frank, the nine-part miniseries launches Thursday and sees Goode playing a one-man combination of good cop/bad cop. While Detective Chief Inspector Carl Morck is a brilliant investigator, he is equally successful at annoying people — even begrudging respect for his talent quickly turns into intense dislike. It's not that Goode hasn't been No. 1 on the call sheet before, it's just that he didn't enjoy it. 'It's something I shied away from after the beginning of my career where I was there for a bit and then I had some sort of bad things … things weren't necessarily positive at that point, after that. And I just went, I just want to be, you know, not the lead anymore,' he says. Goode also acknowledges that actors don't get to choose if a main part is 'bestowed' on them and notes that Frank fought to cast him in 'Dept. Q.' The pair first worked together on 'The Lookout' (2007) with the English actor portraying an American thief, a long way from the period dramas Goode has been recently known for, playing suave Brits in 'The Crown,' 'Downton Abbey' and 'Freud's Last Session.' Goode and Frank talked and teased each other in an interview with The Associated Press about working together, cast bonding and breaking Goode out of his period drama groove. The conversation has been edited for clarity and brevity. AP: To start with, can I get you to describe your relationship? GOODE: Father and son. FRANK: Taxing, toxic, troubling. GOODE: Well, he's the genius and I just do what he says, basically. FRANK: I wish. We go way back. We made a film together, the first film I ever directed, in fact. And I was lucky that I had Matthew because he was outstanding and made it easier for me at that point. And I think we both just really know one another and I love this man — I would work with him in everything I ever did, but he's a pain in the ass. GOODE: Well, you know. There has to be some cost! FRANK: He is Carl Morck, in many ways. To know him is to want to strangle him. Does that sum it up? GOODE: OK, so now you see what I'm working with. This is the second time he's given me a character that I genuinely don't think that many other people would have taken that chance, because I don't really scream Kansas City bank robber (in 'The Lookout'). And I think this is a part that some people would have kind of gone, it's a bit more sort of Tom Hardy-ish, perhaps. But that's what we are, we're actors, but you don't necessarily get to be versatile a lot of the time, so I feel very indebted to you. AP: And did you write this with Matthew in mind? FRANK: I had always thought he would be terrific for this, and I didn't know if we would end up doing it together, but from the minute I started thinking about it, doing it here, I really thought, oh, and I knew he would love it. I think a lot of times people only see actors in one way or a particular way, is because they don't really see them, they just see the roles they've already played, they're not really paying attention to what else is happening. AP: It's not a period drama. GOODE: There you go, that's a prime example, yeah. AP: So is that part of the appeal? GOODE: I mean a career is, for want of a better way of explaining it, is a bit like a river where essentially you can go, there's the main channel in it, but there's eddies and you get caught in certain things and you get cast in certain ways. So you're not really ever particularly in control of it. Certainly unless you have your own production company or you become a massive star where you actually sort of have the keys to Hollywood and then you have a bit more of a sphere of influence and you can dip your toes in different waters. And he had to fight for me a little bit for this one. He had to go bat for me to actually do the part. AP: Have you played a detective before? GOODE: No, this is my first time, I think. I've got a memory like a sieve now; I've got three kids, that's the only thing I really think about. But no, I think this is my first time. FRANK: I don't think you have. GOODE: Only with my wife with some dress up, but that's about it. AP: Carl seems to wind everybody up. FRANK: A lot of people he winds up are people you want him to wind up and then a lot of times he's shooting down. But then, the people he's shooting down at surprise you by coming straight back at him. They don't necessarily let him get away with Carl being Carl. AP: And he's not a posh character. GOODE: No because (Frank) transposed it from the original Danish setting, Copenhagen, and it works brilliantly, obviously, in Edinburgh, and it becomes this amazing character. But he made the character English. But we haven't given too much detail yet as to as to his past, which I love the fact, because we're aiming to be able to keep doing this because there's 10 books. AP: I spoke to Leah Byrne and Alexej Manvelov, who both had first day nerves and are so good in this. Did it surprise you that they needed reassurance? FRANK: We all need reassurance. Including me. GOODE: Every actor I've ever met. FRANK: Your first day is really scary. There are all these people ... and acting, as I like to say, is the most difficult job in all of this because you're making yourself so vulnerable in front of a hundred strangers. So Day 1 is even worse. AP: And Matthew went out with Alexej for a long lunch? GOODE: I know it sounds a bit unprofessional, but actually, it's really, for me, that's the way that I like to work is to give myself to the other people that I've got major relationships in the show with, because I'm not competitive as an actor. I really want to share the screen. I find it weird when it doesn't happen the other way toward me. And so that's a really important relationship ... and I wanted us to have a great friendship. FRANK: The one thing you can't fix in post-production is casting if you've not cast well. And there were a lot of different relationships happening here, so they all had to work together. And they were all terrific. I would be surprised every day by something one of these actors would do. And, what was really fun for me too, is how much Matthew appreciated the skill on the other side. He was never like threatened or felt he was being shown up, it was like this delight. GOODE: Probably was being shown up. FRANK: Oh, you were, trust me, they all steal it from you.
