The cast of Apple TV+'s new scandalous legal thriller, Presumed Innocent, had no idea what the outcome of their show would be while filming. Creator Richard E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) kept the scripts close to his chest throughout production, allowing cast members like Nana Mensah (The Chair) and O-T Fagbenle (The Handmaid's Tale) the freedom to play in the moment. This, its powerhouse leads Jake Gyllenhaal (Road House), Peter Sarsgaard (The Batman), and Ruth Negga (Good Grief), and its "delightful and broody" tones make this yet another Apple series to add to your must-watch list.
Presumed Innocent is based on Scott Turow's 1987 novel, which was later adapted into the Sydney Pollack film starring Harrison Ford. The series, according to our own Emma Kiely, "updates the story for a modern audience," weaving an intricate web of lies and suspicions when lawyer Carolyn Polhemus (Renate Reinsve) is murdered, and chief deputy prosecutor Rusty Sabich (Gyllenhaal) becomes the number one suspect after his illicit affair with the victim comes to light.
In the show, Mensah and Fagbenle play colleagues and opponents of Rusty's, respectively. In this interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub, the duo talks about working alongside Gyllenhaal and Sarsgaard, why the latter is such an "extraordinary" scene partner, and how they handled developing their characters without knowing the story's ending. They discuss memorable scenes, working with Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon director Greg Yaitanes, and tons more.
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