ITV’s new crime drama Under the Bridge delves into the disappearance and death of a 14-year-old girl, which left a nation reeling.
Reena Virk died in November 1997 after vanishing from a party on Vancouver Island in Canada.
Her body was found a week later by police divers.
She had been beaten up by a gang of teenagers at a party, knocked unconscious, and drowned.
Based on the book of the same name by journalist Rebecca Godfrey, the drama explores the crime described in the Canadian press as a “national tragedy” in the 1990s and what led to it.
Chloe Guidry and Lily Gladstone (l-r) in Under the Bridge (Photo: Darko Sikman/Hulu/ITV)Under the Bridge is a crime drama based on a book by Rebecca Godfrey, which explores the true story of how 14-year-old Reena Virk joined friends at a party in November 1997 and never returned.
Reena was a resident of Saanich on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, where her family was “a minority within a minority,” as Jehovah’s Witnesses in the local South Asian community, which was predominantly Sikh.
She had been bullied by her peers before she was eventually murdered by a group of teens.
Her disappearance and death intrigued journalist Godfrey, who started to investigate the circumstances behind the tragedy and wrote the book Under the Bridge.
It detailed the social tensions which provoked the crime and offered some insight into the minds of Reena’s teenage killers.
The television series is a dramatisation of the book seen through the eyes of Godfrey and a fictional local police officer, Cam Bentland, as they investigate the murder.
Who is in the cast of Under the Bridge?
Lily Gladstone stars as Cam Bentland (Photo: Jerod Harris/Getty)
Lily Gladstone stars as Cam Bentland, a fictional local police officer investigating the disappearance and murder of Reena Virk.
The native American actress, 38, won a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of Mollie Kyle in Killers of the Flower Moon.
She has also starred in The Unknown Country and Fancy Dance.
On television, she played Roxanne in Billions and Hokti in Reservation Dogs.
Chloe Guidry
Chloe Guidry plays Josephine Bell (Photo: Darko Sikman/Hulu/ITV)Chloe Guidry plays Josephine Bell, one of the group of teens at the party who extinguished a lit cigarette on Reena’s forehead.
The American actress, 18, rose to prominence playing Sally Sweet in The Last Tycoon.
She has also appeared in Walk the Prank, Secrets of Sulphur Springs and Wayward.
Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton is Warren Glowatski (Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/ Getty)
Javon Walton is Warren Glowatski, one of the two teenagers eventually convicted for the murder of Reena.
The American actor and professional boxer, 19, is best known for playing Ashtray in the teen drama Euphoria.
He has also appeared as Grant Bishop in Utopia, Stan in The Umbrella Academy, and Sam Cleary in the 2022 film Samaritan.
Riley Keough
Riley Keough is journalist and writer Rebecca Godfrey (Photo: Darko Sikman/Hulu/ITV)Riley Keough leads the cast as Rebecca Godfrey, the journalist and author of the book Under the Bridge.
The model-turned-actress, 36, is the granddaughter of Elvis Presley and will be best known to television audiences as Daisy in Daisy Jones and the Six.
She has also had television roles in The Girlfriend Experience and The Terminal List.
On film, she has starred in Magic Mike, Mad Max: Fury Road, We Don’t Belong Here, Under the Silver Lake, and War Pony.
The cast of Under the Bridge also includes:
Vritika Gupt as Reena Virk (Launchpad, Inheritance) Izzy G as Kelly Ellard (B Positive, AJ and the Queen) Aiyana Goodfellow as Dusty Pace (The Outlaws, The Great) Ezra Faroque Khan as Manjit Virk (Without Sin, DI Ray) Archie Panjabi as Suman Virk (The Good Wife, Doctor Who) Matt Craven as Roy Bentland (Resurrection, NCIS) Daniel Diemer as Scott Bentland (The Old Man, The Midnight Club) Meg Roe as Susan Spiros (Lucy Hank, The Arrangement) Nazeem Jang as Aman Virk Anoop Desai as Raj Masihajjar (What We Do in the Shadows, Russian Doll) Isabella Leon as Samara Bailey (Mani, After Them) Dayah Brar as Sajal Virk (Animal Control)Under the Bridge is set in Saanich on Vancouver Island in Canada, where the real-life events took place.
Filming for the series was done on the mainland around Vancouver in British Columbia.
Filming took place in British Columbia, Canada (Photo: Darko Sikman/Hulu/ITV)Locations used for the series include the Allied Shipyard in North Vancouver, where the bridge, gorge, and water scenes were shot, and the city centre itself doubled as Saanich.
Interior shots were filmed at White Studios Fraserwood in Richmond#, British Columbia.
When is Under the Bridge on ITV and how many episodes are there?
Under The Bridge premieres on ITV1 on Friday 25 July at 9pm.
There are eight episodes in the series, with the first two being shown on Friday at 9pm and then 10pm
The remaining installments will then air weekly.
All episodes will also be available to stream on ITVX.
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