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Edinburgh Live
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Live
Matthew Goode was 'cut' from Scott Frank's other Netflix series with Downton Abbey co-star
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Matthew Goode, the star of Department Q, was originally slated for a role in another hit Netflix series by Scott Frank, but his scene ended up on the cutting room floor. During a live Q&A at the press screening of Department Q, Frank disclosed that he had intended for Goode to make an appearance in his acclaimed Western series Godless. The esteemed writer and director, famed for his work on the award-winning Netflix series The Queen's Gambit, divulged details about Goode's overlooked part. Currently, Goode is captivating audiences as DCI Carl Morck in Department Q, sharing the screen with talents such as Chloe Pirrie, Jamie Sives, and Kelly Macdonald. (Image: NETFLIX) This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Free Netflix subscription Get Netflix free with Sky Sky is giving away a free Netflix subscription with its new TV bundles, including the £15 Essential TV plan. Members can watch live and on-demand TV content without a satellite dish, including hit shows like The Last of Us, Black Mirror and all WWE programming. from £15 Sky Get the deal here Reflecting on the chance to collaborate with Frank after years since their first encounter, Goode expressed his admiration for Godless at the Q&A screener event for Department Q, Reach can confirm. "I'm so pleased you got to make your Western," Goode remarked to Frank, prompting the director to interject playfully: "Tell them the little detail about Godless... That you were in it and I cut you out!" The two shared a laugh as Scott further explained: "He was in this coda that we shot and then it turned out that we didn't need the coda, but Matthew was amazing in that. He played a sheriff." Set in 1884, Godless follows a young fugitive from his vindictive mentor seeking sanctuary in a New Mexico settlement unusually dominated by women. The mini-series features Jack O'Connell from Skins as Roy Goode and Michelle Dockery as Alice Fletcher, reports the Express. Matthew Goode and Michelle Dockery, known for their roles as Henry Talbot and Lady Mary in the hit ITV period drama Downton Abbey, graced the screen together from 2014 to 2015. Goode initially joined the Downton Abbey cast as a guest star in season 5 before taking on a main role in season 6. (Image: ITV) Department Q has been grabbing headlines this week following its release on Netflix, with critics showering it with high praise. Netflix describes the series with the following synopsis: "DCI Carl Morck is a brilliant cop but a terrible colleague. His razor-sharp sarcasm has made him no friends in Edinburgh Police. "After a shooting that leaves a young PC dead, and his partner paralysed, he finds himself exiled to the basement and the sole member of Dept. Q; a newly formed cold case unit. "The department is a PR stunt, there to distract the public from the failures of an under-resourced, failing police force that is glad to see the back of him. "But more by accident than design, Carl starts to build a gang of waifs and strays who have everything to prove. "So, when the stone-cold trail of a prominent civil servant who disappeared several years ago starts to heat up, Carl is back doing what he does best - rattling cages and refusing to take no for an answer." Fans can now stream Department Q and Godless on Netflix.
Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Manchester United told cost of Bryan Mbeumo transfer amid key contract detail
Manchester United and Newcastle are among the clubs chasing 20-goal Brentford winger Bryan Mbeumo ahead of the summer transfer window Brentford boss Thomas Frank has warned Manchester United that Bryan Mbeumo will cost "a lot" of money this summer. The Cameroon international was one of the Premier League's most-potent attackers this season, notching up 20 goals and seven assists for the Bees. However, Brentford have reluctantly accepted that after nearly six years in west London, Mbeumo could now be set to depart the club and move onto pastures new. United and Newcastle are eyeing the 25-year-old but Frank insists the Bees won't rollover during transfer negotiations. The Dane told Tipsbladet: 'It is clear that if he is to be sold, it must be for a nice, nice amount. It is a lot. Mucho. Really a lot. 'Then it is clear that it is impossible to replace him one for one. It cannot be done. There is a reason why he costs x number of million pounds, and we do not have x number of million pounds to buy for." When asked to shed light on the extent of potential interest, Frank added: 'I would say that I would be surprised if a lot of big clubs don't look at him. I would be surprised with what he has to offer. "How many wingers score 20 goals for a mid-table club? And then with seven assists plus his work ethic. And his character. All these things mean that he has a lot, so he is a good player.' Between Mbeumo and fellow forward Yoane Wissa, the pair hit 39 goals in the Premier League this term despite losing Ivan Toney to Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli last summer. Mbeumo has just over one year left to run on his current contract but Brentford do have a one-year extension option which the club can activate. United are in the market for attacking reinforcements for Ruben Amorim but they're operating with limited finances after losing the Europa League final to Tottenham. They've now activated Matheus Cunha's release clause, worth £62.5million, so their spending power will now be dictated by player sales. Newcastle have long been chasing Mbeumo and he has been on their radar for some time while Arsenal had previously looked at the highly-rated winger. Speaking towards the end of the season, Frank admitted that Brentford remain a selling club and pinpointed that unfortunately, they would struggle to keep hold of their best players moving forward. The Bees narrowly missed out on UEFA Conference League football but they did secure their second top-half finish in three seasons, ending up in 10th spot.
Metro
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
'Line of Duty was on my mind when creating Netflix's latest thriller'
Netflix has a new mystery waiting to unfurl on your screens today, which will be perfect for those hankering after a slice of Line of Duty. Scott Frank, the writer and director behind Netflix's runaway chess hit The Queen's Gambit (an unlikely combination of words), is back on the streamer with the twisty crime thriller Dept Q. The new nine-part show dives in at the deep end with a shooting in the first scene that leaves one copper dead, our protagonist detective Carl Morck (Matthew Goode) traumatised and his partner paralysed. Speaking to Metro, Frank explained how certain British TV thrillers played a huge part in his inspiration for the show, which has dropped all nine of its episodes to binge in one go today. Following the events of the opening scene, Morck is still adjusting to his new normal months later, when his superior exiles him to a newly established department – the name's in the title – down in the basement. Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro's TV Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your show in the link we'll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you. He's joined by a couple of fellow police misfits and tasked with cracking a long-unsolved cold case. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Based on a series of Scandi-noir novels by Jussi Adler-Olsen, the show's creator Frank, 65, said he'd been sitting on the book rights and waiting to make the show for 15 years. It was his love of crime dramas, 'especially' the British variety, that he said finally got him doing something outside his wheelhouse with this show. He told Metro: 'I just love these kinds of shows myself anyway. They're my guilty pleasure, not even guilty, my pleasure to watch. 'I hadn't really made anything like this before, and so it seemed like a really, really fun idea.' When asked which crime dramas he had in mind when making the show, Frank had a laundry list: Broadchurch, Happy Valley, Prime Suspect, Cracker, as well as Line of Duty. 'I love Line of Duty, just because of the way it moves and the way it keeps turning,' Frank said. 'You have these 20-minute interrogation scenes that are like plays. I just love that.' Frank hopes that viewers tuning in to Dept Q take away 'a full meal' from the show. He said: 'I hope they have a good time and they get lost in it the way I like to get lost in these shows where you're pulled along and second guessing, but the character reveals are so satisfying.' He only has one small plea to TV viewers: don't watch the show on your phone. 'I don't know how they do it,' he said. 'I feel terrible for the filmmakers, because they're watching Outlander on their cell phone. 'Even my own wife sometimes will be watching, and she'll look down to do something, and then she'll look up and she'll have missed a key plot point. 'I don't know how to control that. I only know how to write a good story and then just hope that enough people realise that it's one they should probably lean in for.' And if he does happen to see you watching Dept Q on the tube? 'I would be both mortified and resigned at the same time,' he laughs. Matthew Goode, 47, told Metro he didn't think Frank would choose him for the role of Morck, but Frank said he wrote the scripts with Goode specifically in mind. More Trending Goode said: 'I was thinking he can pretty have whoever he wants. Why question him? He's one of the most intelligent men around. So he came back and he said, 'I think I'd really like you to do it'. 'It's just such brilliant, nuanced characters. It's dark, it's hilarious. And that's something you don't necessarily always see within this genre. I just wanted more scripts. I wanted to know where it was going. 'So I felt very, very, very lucky and delighted, because it's the second time that Scott has given me a role that I don't think many other directors would necessarily have thought of me for.' View More » Dept Q is available to stream on Netflix. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Netflix horror sequel soars to number 1 after viewers stay up to watch MORE: Netflix fans rave over 'perfect cast' as The Thursday Murder Club trailer drops MORE: WWE champion Lyra Valkyria reveals star's horror injury was 'worst she's ever seen'
Time of India
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Netflix's ‘Dept. Q' blends Nordic noir and British mystery in new cold-case crime series
'Dept. Q' adapts Danish crime fiction with international creative team Complex characters drive Netflix's cold-case crime series Nordic noir influences dominate storytelling and visual themes Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Dept. Q, Netflix's latest crime series, is an adaptation of a novel by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen. The nine-episode season is written and directed primarily by American filmmaker Scott Frank and co-developed with British writer Chandni Lakhani. The series is set and filmed in Edinburgh, Scotland, and features a largely British cast led by Matthew plays Carl Morck, a detective tasked with launching a new cold-case unit following a traumatic incident on the job. The series introduces a cross-cultural creative approach, combining elements of Nordic noir, British mystery, and American drama. Frank, whose previous work includes The Queen's Gambit and Out of Sight, continues his genre-spanning trajectory by infusing the procedural with layered character dynamics and psychological read: Netflix TUDUM 2025: Here's global streaming date, time, and what to expect The main narrative in Dept. Q centers on Morck and his reluctant partnership with Akram Salim, played by Alexej Manvelov, a Syrian immigrant with unorthodox investigative methods. Their dynamic, central to the series, is expanded with supporting roles including Kelly Macdonald as Morck's therapist, Jamie Sives as a paralyzed former partner, and Leah Byrne as a new scenes take precedence over action, with extended exchanges often emphasizing backstory, trauma, and interpersonal tension. While the cast delivers capable performances, particularly Macdonald and Sives, some interactions appear overly scripted. Despite this, the series maintains steady pacing and visual cohesion, aided by Frank's directorial Q remains grounded in Nordic noir conventions, especially through its use of psychological trauma and restrained visual storytelling. The show includes hallmark features such as a gruesome, long-term hostage situation and emotionally detached investigative techniques. These elements are balanced with British crime tropes, including extended psychological analysis and slow-building character read: Netflix June 2025 Lineup: See full list of shows and movies arriving this month The central case's complexity involves multiple narrative turns and abrupt psychological links. Themes of guilt, trauma, and emotional repression serve as structural anchors. Morck's character arc involves mandated therapy, emotional isolation, and eventual reconciliation, unfolding across the full season. Other team members are similarly affected by past incidents, further reinforcing the series' psychological portrayal of Morck contrasts with his typical on-screen persona. Styled with disheveled hair and a subdued demeanor, his character is positioned as abrasive and emotionally distant. Despite efforts to depict a deeply flawed personality, the performance leans more restrained than antagonistic, which may reduce the intended dramatic tension.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Milton police arrest Texas man accused of stealing over $850,000
MILTON, Fla. (WKRG) — Milton police officers have arrested 22-year-old Mohamed Bakayoko after reportedly stealing $852,983.06 from the Santa Rosa County Clerk of Court & Comptroller's Office. Car spins out in front of WKRG crew on I-65 during rain; driver urges others to slow down Known as a cybercriminal, Bakayoko allegedly used a sophisticated email scheme to impersonate vendors while using a compromised email account. According to police, the suspect had the Clerk of Courts office change the vendor's bank account to one he could access. Immediately following the transfer, the funds were dispersed across multiple financial institutions and accessed through substantial cash withdrawals. 'I'm very pleased to report that approximately $650,000 of the stolen money has already been recovered and returned to the clerk of courts office,' Milton Police Chief Jennifer Frank said. Frank commended her team, saying it's not easy to catch these scammers and recover stolen money. 'Because our agency was able to cooperate with the financial institutions and be able to respond swiftly, we're able to freeze those accounts, stop that money, and that allowed us to be able to identify the individual,' Frank said. Bakayoko was in Texas when police obtained an arrest warrant. 'That individual had left the state, and so now we had to work with our other state and regional and community, in this case, federal partners,' Frank said. 'Thanks to the FBI, arrest warrant was secured, they were able to arrest him, and he was extradited back here.' At this time, police are uncertain if Bakayoko was working alone. If convicted, he could face up to 30 years in prison. Pensacola's Gulf Coast Culture Fest returns with art, music, food and film Bakayoko currently sits in Santa Rosa County Jail on a $100,000 bond. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
