Mark Boal comes with the pedigree as a storyteller after his previous efforts.
How big of an incentive was he to jump aboard the show?
A huge, huge incentive, I think, for me was probably
the biggest reason why I did it.
Same. You get to work with some people in this business
and they come with, you know, a legacy of work.
And you feel very lucky to do it because, you know, you're going to learn a lot.
And I did.
And and still am learning
and also working collaboratively with with Mark
is is just very special, really enjoyable.
And over ten months are ten episodes, nine months of work.
You really get to know somebody and
and find a working process,
which was really enjoyable as an actor, showrunner, slash, director.
So yeah, I think
also that is all I would agree with 100%.
But but to know that Mark is also involved in not just the screenwriting
but many facets of the production was a huge draw too,
because you feel like it is his production and
that that was a definite incentive.
Lots of actors are based on very
with my colleagues.
Lots of actors are being drawn more to long
term storytelling with streaming and television.
What challenges and rewards do such things give you as an actor?
There's more. Go ahead. Go ahead. Good tone.
So there's time to really explore a character, right?
And you're allowed more roads to a character
because you're stretching it over multiple hours, more screentime
And so that's really rewarding because there's more you can
you can do sometimes, depending on how well-written the character is, really.
And we had great characters.
And how often do you watch a film?
And I often watch and go.
It wasn't enough time to tell a story and missing things from the film
because they had to keep it to a certain hour or 2 hours, whatever.
And we basically had ten full hours, no commercials
to, you know, dig really deep and have, you know, fully fleshed out
character journeys and development, which you can't do in a movie.
And I think that's why actors a lot of actors are enjoying
the medium of television,
especially at this point in the life of television rights as stories and dramas
is because you have the, the, the, the gift of time.
And and that allows a writer and actor, a director,
to really dig much, much deeper and know that what you're shooting is
going to end up on the screen instead of on the cutting room floor because of time.
Streaming is hugely competitive now with so much content.
Do you think its impact has been a good thing for the industry?
Of course.
I don't see how it can't be.
I mean, it's given people opportunities to look at the to watch the drama,
high level, the highest level of drama from their own home.
And some people are not next to cinemas.
So people don't want to go to the cinema or somebody are nowhere near a cinema.
It has allowed the platform to
to reach, you know, a lot of people.
And I think that's great.
And I think even though there's a lot in the marketplace that it is very easy
to spot a piece of art with intention and integrity.
At least for myself, I feel like, you know,
the cream
rises to the top as far as, you know, what is out there.
And so I don't feel,
even though I know that there is a lot when I go as a consumer
to watch something, I don't feel that inundated with, you know, like a
of a mass of things because I'm looking for a certain quality.
When the viewing public watch to watch
drama and television and films in a very different way than they did
five years ago, ten years ago, things have changed and you move with it.
And I you know, it's
this is a perfect example of a show that will sit very comfortably entirely
on this on this platform.
And yeah. And lots of people will see it.
And I'm, I think I'm, I think it's really exciting to be
on the Apple Tv+ platform.
I think it's an exciting time given
certain projects that are emerging
from such a new platform.
I agree.
And I've seen it and great show. Great show.
And I felt very supported
and so it's really a thrilling time to be on Apple.
Tv+ with a brilliant show?
What can audiences expect from Echo 3 - One hell of a journey.
Yeah, really? Right.
It's it's
it is treacherous, it's adventurous.
It's thrilling.
It's tragic.
It's it's essentially about family and what you will do for someone,
even when you find out things about them that you, you struggle to accept
and how far you will go to save the ones you love.
The very all encompassing storytelling.