05 June 2007
HYDE BOUND
It's the press launch for Steven Moffat's Jekyll tonight, but I shan't be going as I've got a prior engagement ... with my wedding anniversary. Nonetheless, I've ensured I'm not missing out on too much. Last December I was lucky enough to visit the production on set (they filmed at an MOD base in Chertsey, Surrey - where, at the same time, another unit was shooting Holby Blue).
It was a fantastic experience, five or six of us chatting to Moffat and the show's producer Elaine Cameron in a grimly furnished office, before having some time with stars Michelle Ryan, Gina Bellman and the two-faced bastard himself, Jekyll (Jackman as he is here)/Hyde - James Nesbitt. The result of this beano appears in the latest issue of SFX, I believe. Haven't seen it yet.
Anyway, here's Steven Moffat from the day:
"It's grown-up show. It's not really meant for children. It's a thriller, it's a bit of a love story. And it's ... Jekyll and Hyde has never been the wolfman. The original story isn't about that. And even most of the movies aren't the wolfman. It's about a man who's got two sides to him. And that metaphor is sort of ... It's too rich just to turn into a ghost story. Especially if you do it over any length of time. You can have a certain amount of fun with him turning into a black-hearted villain, but that goes off quite quickly. In this version of the story, Hyde develops too. So he's a man who is two people and two different kinds of people. But he's not a monster. Jimmy looks very similar in both roles. The difference is largely in performance. You can tell the difference if you look - there are darker eyes and darker hair. But that's about it."
This weekend just gone, I gorged on all six episodes, and it's a fabulous show. I'd say that even if episode one doesn't grab you, come back the following week and that'll probably change. Each edition does something new and unexpected. It's a real roller coaster.
That's Jekyll, then. From Saturday June 16 at 9pm, on BBC1.
It was a fantastic experience, five or six of us chatting to Moffat and the show's producer Elaine Cameron in a grimly furnished office, before having some time with stars Michelle Ryan, Gina Bellman and the two-faced bastard himself, Jekyll (Jackman as he is here)/Hyde - James Nesbitt. The result of this beano appears in the latest issue of SFX, I believe. Haven't seen it yet.
Anyway, here's Steven Moffat from the day:
"It's grown-up show. It's not really meant for children. It's a thriller, it's a bit of a love story. And it's ... Jekyll and Hyde has never been the wolfman. The original story isn't about that. And even most of the movies aren't the wolfman. It's about a man who's got two sides to him. And that metaphor is sort of ... It's too rich just to turn into a ghost story. Especially if you do it over any length of time. You can have a certain amount of fun with him turning into a black-hearted villain, but that goes off quite quickly. In this version of the story, Hyde develops too. So he's a man who is two people and two different kinds of people. But he's not a monster. Jimmy looks very similar in both roles. The difference is largely in performance. You can tell the difference if you look - there are darker eyes and darker hair. But that's about it."
This weekend just gone, I gorged on all six episodes, and it's a fabulous show. I'd say that even if episode one doesn't grab you, come back the following week and that'll probably change. Each edition does something new and unexpected. It's a real roller coaster.
That's Jekyll, then. From Saturday June 16 at 9pm, on BBC1.
Comments:
<< Home
Surely Jekyll And Hyde has always been about the wolfman? How even the most upright of people has a Dionysian, bestial side that will get out, one way or another? Stephen King said as much, in a rare moment of "being any good", and I tend to agree with him.
Still gonna give this a whirl, though.
- Ken Shinn
Still gonna give this a whirl, though.
- Ken Shinn
# posted by 
: 1:38 PM
: 1:38 PM
I've loved episodes 1-4. Am I putting myself up for disappointment or will 5 and 6 pay off the story and suspense?
Post a Comment
# posted by : 8:33 PM
: 8:33 PM<< Home