blind spot Co-creators Rafael Cassall and Dave Diggs initially thought their 2018 movie spinoff wouldn’t work when Lionsgate first came up with the idea.
“We said, ‘No, that wouldn’t be the case’ and we thought it was the end,” Diggs said.
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Almost four years after the film, the Starz series is approaching its second season, which is “really good. “It’s really good,” Kazal said.
During Sunday’s Deadline’s Contenders event, Casal and Diggs joined panel co-stars Jasmine Cephas Jones and Helen Hunt to talk about the expansion. blind spot The world.
The series is about Ashley, played by Cefa Jones, who lived a middle-class life in Auckland until Miles (Casal), her 12-year-old partner and father of her son, was suddenly arrested, leaving him unable to navigate. She experiences a chaotic and hilarious existential crisis when she is forced to move in with Miles’ mother and half-sister. The actor called the Starz game a “dream”.
“I just have to grit my teeth on paper and create this incredible character arc,” he said. “I have to look at the camera and write a poem with a tennis racket. I’m doing what actors with characters normally can’t do. “
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Tsefa Jones starred in the 2018 film, but playing Hunt Ryan in an unconventional way, Cassall appreciated her interest in this role through social media. Eventually they met.
“I’ve never had a job like this. Perhaps this is the best way to get a job. “Have fun, watch movies and get a job,” she said.
During the panel, Diggs also talked about highlighting Bay Area culture through dance and choreography and using it as an illustration of what’s going on in the characters’ heads. The speaker also discussed Cepha Jones’ early scenes in the original film, gaining new perspectives through Spinoff and more.
Casal co-executive producer with Diggs, Jess Wu Calder and Keith Calder with Snoot Entertainment, and Emily Gerson Saines, Ken Lee and the Barnyard Projects with Tim Pallen. Starz SVP of original programming Kathryn Tyus-Adair oversees the network with Maggie Leung and Claire Wendland on behalf of Lionsgate.
Source: Deadline
