If there's one thing that Harlan Coben TV series fans know by now, it's that his series pack in plenty of twists, most of which many of us struggle to predict.
With a raft of star-studded shows under his belt now, Run Away is the author's upcoming release with Netflix, that brings the likes of James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver and more together in its cast.
The series centres on Nesbitt's Simon Greene, a successful career man and father who is desperate to bring his daughter Paige home once she goes missing and on a dangerous path of destruction, it seems.
But can Simon be trusted? It's a question we posed to Nesbitt at the screening for Run Away at BFI Southbank, especially seeing as the series now marks the actor's third appearance in the Coben TV universe.
He told RadioTimes.com exclusively: “You can’t trust anyone in Harlan’s shows, that’s the beauty of it, that’s the intrigue, the excitement of it."
He continued: "All you can really do playing it is just trying to be in the moment to try and be as truthful and authentic as you are – and then the script and the story will take that card wherever it’s supposed to go. The audience will be unsettled and discombobulated at times. But no, it’s exciting.
"As Ruth said and honestly, we got on brilliantly – we’d never worked before and that was really important I think for us but also for the show and the relationship between those two characters. You can only be grateful, it’s work, it’s hard work and that’s the privilege of it.
"It’s a long time since I left drama school and if you look at my year, which was considered a very good year, there aren’t many of us still at it. So, every day is a blessing, every day onset is a blessing.”
The new eight-parter has been penned by Danny Brocklehurst (Brassic) who has obviously brought the series to life, with a UK spin. Like previous Coben series, the setting has been relocated to the UK, with the cast featuring a raft of familiar faces to bring the gritty story to life.
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"By the time you actually sit down to write it, you’ve been thinking about it quite a lot. My job is to kick off the series and lead us in the most exciting way possible. With Run Away, I was particularly eager to upfront make it very emotional because it is, after all, a parent-child story. I wanted to really tap into that very quickly in those first 10/15 minutes.”
The synopsis for Run Away reads: "Simon (Nesbitt) had the perfect life: loving wife and kids, great job, beautiful home. But then his eldest daughter Paige ran away and everything fell apart. So now when he finds her, vulnerable and strung out on drugs in a city park, he finally has the chance to bring his little girl home.
"But it turns out she’s not alone, and an argument escalates into shocking violence. In the aftermath, Simon loses his daughter all over again, and his search to find her will take him into a dangerous underworld, revealing deep secrets that could tear his family apart forever."
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