I was drawn to this show because Gary Oldman stars in it and I love everything he does. Now it’s become my favorite show - smart, very funny, and great writing.
I never knew that until I read your comment.. and thought, oh! He does sound Scottish! Olivia Cooke sounds completely different in real life too. (Mancunian)
Having read all of Mick Herron’s books, I was dismayed when I heard that Oldman had been cast as Jackson Lamb, but now I can’t fathom anyone else in the role.
@@bobburroughs6241 I have not read the books. It is much more difficult to accept an interpretation of a character if you have already been introduced to them - especially from reading the book first. There are many movies I will not watch from books that I have read. I see who the actor or actress is who is playing the part - and then, usually, refrain from watching. I simply cannot imagine them as the person ( fictional ) I see in my imagination. One exception was Ralph Fiennes as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. He was absolutely terrifying. He brought Heathcliff to life, in my opinion. And then to see him interviewed later - a somewhat gentle and shy person - that was something else!! However, I have found the reverse if I see a movie and then read the book. It’s almost as if 3/4 of the book was missing in the movie. So that’s always a treat!!
Slow Horses is the best show in a series, I hope it goes on for a long time. Every character is just perfect for the show. It's too hard to say who is the best.
Also loved Gary Oldman as George Smiley, cleancut, cerebral spy in 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,' based on John le Carré's novel of the same name. He goes from the perfect spy to this role which is perfect in a down-to-earth, believable way. I love both.
This is probably my favorite show on the air right now. I've already watched all the seasons 3 or 4 times while waiting for the next season simply because I want MORE of it. The show can rip your heart out and stomp on it when one of the characters is killed. Sometimes you see it coming, and dread it. Other times it happens without any warning at all in an instant. And it hurts. These are characters you've gotten to know and despite their flaws you still care about them, and suddenly they're just... gone. The plots are believable enough to really draw you in and the twists make sense. But probably the most important ingredient in the show is Gary's character. "Lamb" is the hub of the show around which all the other spokes revolve, and he's unlike any other character in any spy thriller. Right from the start he's introduced as an intolerable SLOB. Personal Hygiene is something he stubbornly avoids. He stinks. His clothes go unwashed for God only knows how long. He doesn't wash or bath. He seems to enjoy sickening others with his flatulence. He's just a disgusting human being that delights at being as insulting as he is disgusting. And at first his ONLY redeeming feature is the quick wit he posses that hints at one VERY sharp mind. (Frankly speaking I don't care if those insults come off the page, or are simply popping out of Gary's fertile mind, it doesn't matter because they're consistently BRILLIANT and definitely a good part of what makes this show so good.) "Talking to you people is like trying to explain Norway to a dog." But as hints as to his past are occasionally revealed you start to understand WHY he is the way he is now. Although he survived the cold war, and the fall of the Soviet Union, to a large extent he's a broken man. A man who's seen people he respected killed in the line of duty regardless of how competent or careful they may have been. He really does know that most of his "rejects" have little to no chance at all of surviving in the cruel and brutal world they inhabit. And he does his very best to protect them and keep them alive. "They may be losers, but they're MY LOSERS." This show is a keeper. I've already purchased ever season so far released. It's well constructed, well written, immaculately filmed, and has a BRILLIANT CAST. Here's hoping for many more seasons to follow.
DO. WATCH. SLOW HORSES ! it's addictive in the best ways. All comic and stumblebum on the surface, but all subtle and clever and tempered steel underneath. Jack Lowden. Totally PERFECT ad the new James Bond . Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig all rolled into one. So pleased there,s now a season 3 to watch.
The books are fantastic. It never occurred to me how much comedic potential there was in LeCarre's settings & characters until I read the Slow Horses series.
So eager to see this. Gary gave me a shock, announcing his retirement early this month. Can't help but see a parallel/metaphor with his own career. Never say never. Such a unique dedication to his craft. Cheers, Gary! Peace from Dallas. JF
retiring from this show. from american crap, perhaps; give him a good opportunity on stage or on screen..he looks fit enough to do whatever he pleases whenever he pleases for 20 years. looks aren't everything but the young BlackPanther was a goner before the studios knew he was sick. old timers tend to linger and age like good wine.
Definitely. He could easily have a 20 year run at Bond if he wanted to. I think Gary Oldman would have been cool to see as Bond thirty years ago. I love Pierce Brosnan, but I wonder how different those films would be if Gary played the character instead.
As long as he stuck to the English accent he’s learned. Looking back, Sean Connery was a bit of a joke due to the fact that in his entire acting career, regardless of whether he played an Englishman, a Russian, or an American, he would *always* be a Scottish Englishman, or a Scottish Russian. The fact he was a good actor meant that he wasn’t derided for it. Anybody these days who has big acting roles would never be accepted for being unable to shake off their original accent. Gary Oldman would have been a good Bond if he had been asked to do it in the 1980’s instead of Timothy Dalton (who was the most Yorkshire-sounding secret agent ever, even more so than Sean Bean playing former 00 agent Alec Trevelyan in Goldeneye!) However, Gary Oldman could still play a great Bond villain even now. Great Bond villains are almost as important as a good Bond as the story can be rather bland unless Bond is pitted against a great adversary.
@@nathannicholson2933 It would have ruined gary oldman. he was fine where he was. from Leon to Dracula etc. to Slow Horses he shines. He's got this stage feeling wherever he goes. I can't stand Brosnan or Timothy Dalton. Might as well be James Smith of Johnnny English
@@auntisthenes2754Totally agree with you. I also feel the same way about Jack doing Bond. He’s a fine young actor and I think Bond would limit his versatility.
I was thinking „Is that Mick Jagger ? Nah, cant be. … but it sounds like him. Did they really get Mick Jagger to do the theme song. Nah, it s probably a remix or somebody mimicking him“ That kinda the cherry on top to give this series that little bit of extra importance that it deserves. Nice one. Really feeling Slow Horses so far …
Gary Oldman is BRILLIANT!! The reason I started watching slow horses is actually Rade Šerbedžija (who I adore!)! In one interview he said that Gary is by far the best actor he worked with! He was super impressed! I had to see it! 🤩😍
Slow Horses is a great show in the Tinker, Taylor grimy style of spy stories. One of the best things on streaming at the moment. Good to find out how Jagger did the theme song.
Omg I love this show!!!! I wonder if it’s more George Smiley than James Bond, they’ve mentioned Smiley and Moscow Centre, I wonder if it’s in the same universe.
Damn, off topic here but for some reason I liked hearing that Gary approves of Daniel Craig's portrayal of Bond. I think when Casino Royale came out many of us were not sold on Craig then when you see the film you warm up to him pretty quick. For me Craig is up there with Connery and Dalton.
It's much much more like the original Len Deighton books turned into films in the mid 1960s with Michael Caine - The Ipcress File & Funeral in Berlin. Dingy offices, tetchy staff, slightly dodgy spy, manky bits of London. Fantastically directed by Sidney Furie and produced by Harry Saltzman (of Bond fame) with cinematographer Otto Heller and music by the legendary John Barry. Go and check out the two films, because the cinematography and music is utterly awesome.
My thoughts precisely. That neither British actor reacts to a middle-aged man wearing a baseball hat on backwards INDOORS has to be the greatest acting feat ever achieved.
Yanks won’t get “Slow Horses” which is ironic since they funded and produced it. You see, we Brits have ACTUALLY FUNNY comedy that isn’t talking down to us.
I view Slow Horses as sort of the original patriots here in the States,, we were scraggy and unkempt, but we fought against the British and won. Slow Horses in my eyes they're the elite rebels that despite their shortcomings, kick ass.
This is what the British do so well in drama, that can't -be-arsed incompetence that exists wherever anyone chases remnants of shattered dreams of glory. It's the offspring of Minder and Steptoe. It's so realistic. The books are brilliant.
A very un-American treat...till now. Archetypes anyone? They are part of the deep, unspoken power of these novels. Lady Di (Taverner) is the flip-side of the original Lady Di. The former is calculating, cold-blooded and unscrupulous, where the former was spontaneous, sensitive and vulnerable. Lamb, on the other hand, is a part of ourselves we are longing to let loose on the world: apparently chaotic, blind, unthinking and invulnerable, he's our Dyonisian side, as is Shirley (only as she appears in the books, though, not in the show, unfortunately). We are sandwiched between our Di(e) and Lamb sides, colliding and just longing to emerge. These characters give vent to it for all of us. So far, the series is incredibly good and remarkably true to the novels, even to the point of being filmed in the "actual" locale discovered by author Mick Herron, one of the few masters of this genre not really having lived as a spy himself (probably, possibly). Jackson Lamb is delicious and represents a side iof us all we would probably love to act out and even nurture. OK, I would, in any case. Gary Oldman is obviously enjoying himself as the man we all secretly hate to love. There are two casting or directorial mistakes here though: first, Roddy Ho is more of a nasty egomaniac and less of a goofy closet superhero (totally out of touch with reality) than he is in the books; secondly, the wonderfully explosively psychotic and sugar-bingeing Shirley Dander from the books is nowhere to be found in the lightweight underwhelming version of her character we are presented with onscreen. One word of caution: the final episode of Season Three also gets very violent, American-style, and we can only hope this does not bode badly for Season Four. Unfortunately, feedback from audiences who haven't read the novels and are addicted to computer-assisted superviolence in their movies may pressure the team into delivering a more violent and sensationalist version such as we are accustomed to in American films. Let's hope not.
Yes, TV Roddy is more dickish than novel Roddy ( I imagined his car being a Kia Soul 😅), but I think he's equally hilarious in a way that provides better motivation for how the others dump on him. Agreed about Shirley. Very underwhelming. I imagined her being a short, squat little mouth-breather who couldn't cope with her own frustration at not being good enough. Reading John LeCarré's books, I imagined George Smiley being equally short and squat (but not incompetent), not looking like Alec Guinness or Gary Oldman. On a more positive note, casting Jack Lowden as River Cartwright was perfect. He's just enough of a boy-band puppy dog to be a realistic spy candidate and James Bond Wannabe ("Bond Lite"), but not tough enough to actually be 007. As Jackson Lamb says, he's "Double Oh Three-and-a-Half." 😋 The TV show is based on the novels, which have both violence and tragedy. The series isn't a watered-down comedy, it has a deep streak of black realism that's a core part of it what it is.
Dopey opening question. Bond without Bond? There is virtually nothing else from Bond films: no Aston Martins with rear mounted machine guns, no beauties in couture, no elegant interiors, etc...
Gary Oldman manages to be somebody else everytime a camera turns on. He is one of the best.
I think...he is a very, very, very "egocentric" person..! (NOT in a BAD way!)
But he seems to me being a quite...troubled person!!!
@@JohnDoe-vj2yy Just an actor. Sean Been in Legend went so far as mildly stuttering to interpret his undercover character..
I was drawn to this show because Gary Oldman stars in it and I love everything he does. Now it’s become my favorite show - smart, very funny, and great writing.
I had no idea Jack was Scottish, his accent on Slow Horses is so impeccable.
He looks gorgeous.😘🤩
I never knew that until I read your comment.. and thought, oh! He does sound Scottish!
Olivia Cooke sounds completely different in real life too. (Mancunian)
@@Martin_Edmondson and the actor who plays Ho is Australian. So many putting on accents for this show.
And so beautiful 😍
This show is so good and i watched it mainly for Gary Oldman.
Me too...then found the show is awesome.
Brilliant show, so many lol moments too from Oldman.
Audiobook series is on UA-cam
Having read all of Mick Herron’s books, I was dismayed when I heard that Oldman had been cast as Jackson Lamb, but now I can’t fathom anyone else in the role.
I just love him 🤗😍🤗
The Great Gary Oldman ..... amazing hes so versatile and embraces the role its amazing
We’ve just stumbled across Slow horses and binge watched the first 2 seasons and have caught up on season 3 now. It’s class.
It looks like Gary Oldman is just playing himself in this show. So naturally hilarious and what a show this is.
I cannot wait for season 2.
Playing himself but not Jackson Lamb.
Sure you heard by now, been renewed for a season 3 + 4! 🤘
@@mikekaraoke *insert Coldplay - The Scientist on repeat 😂
@@shoWbitzI often listen to The Scientist on repeat to help me sleep, lol
@@bobburroughs6241 I have not read the books. It is much more difficult to accept an interpretation of a character if you have already been introduced to them - especially from reading the book first.
There are many movies I will not watch from books that I have read. I see who the actor or actress is who is playing the part - and then, usually, refrain from watching. I simply cannot imagine them as the person ( fictional ) I see in my imagination.
One exception was Ralph Fiennes as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. He was absolutely terrifying. He brought Heathcliff to life, in my opinion.
And then to see him interviewed later - a somewhat gentle and shy person - that was something else!!
However, I have found the reverse if I see a movie and then read the book.
It’s almost as if 3/4 of the book was missing in the movie. So that’s always a treat!!
Gary Oldman is one of the best actors ever
Lovely to hear Jack Lowden’s Scottish accent coming through.
Slow Horses is the best show in a series, I hope it goes on for a long time. Every character is just perfect for the show. It's too hard to say who is the best.
Джексон лучший. На нем всё держится
Such a gracious thoughtful answer to a rather inane question.
Slow Horses....brilliant brilliant.....and Jack Lowden as the new James Bond...he has the age and charisma to do it for many years.
Lowden is really the "Anti-Bond"!
Gary Oldman at his finest in slow horses. A genius
Gary Oldman is brilliant
Waiting with anticipation for season 3. Bloody brilliant show.
Best show I watched this year. Please make more. Cannot wait for season 3,4,5,6... :D
season four is signed. probably filmed too.
Also loved Gary Oldman as George Smiley, cleancut, cerebral spy in 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,' based on John le Carré's novel of the same name. He goes from the perfect spy to this role which is perfect in a down-to-earth, believable way. I love both.
Only just started watching this show after it sat in my watch list for years. This might be my favourite Gary Oldman character ever.
This is probably my favorite show on the air right now. I've already watched all the seasons 3 or 4 times while waiting for the next season simply because I want MORE of it.
The show can rip your heart out and stomp on it when one of the characters is killed. Sometimes you see it coming, and dread it. Other times it happens without any warning at all in an instant. And it hurts. These are characters you've gotten to know and despite their flaws you still care about them, and suddenly they're just... gone. The plots are believable enough to really draw you in and the twists make sense. But probably the most important ingredient in the show is Gary's character.
"Lamb" is the hub of the show around which all the other spokes revolve, and he's unlike any other character in any spy thriller. Right from the start he's introduced as an intolerable SLOB. Personal Hygiene is something he stubbornly avoids. He stinks. His clothes go unwashed for God only knows how long. He doesn't wash or bath. He seems to enjoy sickening others with his flatulence. He's just a disgusting human being that delights at being as insulting as he is disgusting. And at first his ONLY redeeming feature is the quick wit he posses that hints at one VERY sharp mind. (Frankly speaking I don't care if those insults come off the page, or are simply popping out of Gary's fertile mind, it doesn't matter because they're consistently BRILLIANT and definitely a good part of what makes this show so good.) "Talking to you people is like trying to explain Norway to a dog." But as hints as to his past are occasionally revealed you start to understand WHY he is the way he is now. Although he survived the cold war, and the fall of the Soviet Union, to a large extent he's a broken man. A man who's seen people he respected killed in the line of duty regardless of how competent or careful they may have been. He really does know that most of his "rejects" have little to no chance at all of surviving in the cruel and brutal world they inhabit. And he does his very best to protect them and keep them alive. "They may be losers, but they're MY LOSERS."
This show is a keeper. I've already purchased ever season so far released.
It's well constructed, well written, immaculately filmed, and has a BRILLIANT CAST.
Here's hoping for many more seasons to follow.
What a great series that is. Awesome performance from all actrors!
DO. WATCH. SLOW HORSES ! it's addictive in the best ways. All comic and stumblebum on the surface, but all subtle and clever and tempered steel underneath. Jack Lowden. Totally PERFECT ad the new James Bond . Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig all rolled into one. So pleased there,s now a season 3 to watch.
The show is a similar take on the espionage world as John LaCarre. Great show! The books are now on my reading list.
The books are fantastic. It never occurred to me how much comedic potential there was in LeCarre's settings & characters until I read the Slow Horses series.
These 2 are really so funny together!!¡
So eager to see this. Gary gave me a shock, announcing his retirement early this month. Can't help but see a parallel/metaphor with his own career. Never say never. Such a unique dedication to his craft. Cheers, Gary! Peace from Dallas. JF
retiring from this show. from american crap, perhaps; give him a good opportunity on stage or on screen..he looks fit enough to do whatever he pleases whenever he pleases for 20 years. looks aren't everything but the young BlackPanther was a goner before the studios knew he was sick. old timers tend to linger and age like good wine.
Jack would make a good Bond. He’s young, good looking, known but not too well known.
А ещё потрясающий тембр голоса
Definitely. He could easily have a 20 year run at Bond if he wanted to. I think Gary Oldman would have been cool to see as Bond thirty years ago. I love Pierce Brosnan, but I wonder how different those films would be if Gary played the character instead.
As long as he stuck to the English accent he’s learned.
Looking back, Sean Connery was a bit of a joke due to the fact that in his entire acting career, regardless of whether he played an Englishman, a Russian, or an American, he would *always* be a Scottish Englishman, or a Scottish Russian. The fact he was a good actor meant that he wasn’t derided for it. Anybody these days who has big acting roles would never be accepted for being unable to shake off their original accent.
Gary Oldman would have been a good Bond if he had been asked to do it in the 1980’s instead of Timothy Dalton (who was the most Yorkshire-sounding secret agent ever, even more so than Sean Bean playing former 00 agent Alec Trevelyan in Goldeneye!)
However, Gary Oldman could still play a great Bond villain even now. Great Bond villains are almost as important as a good Bond as the story can be rather bland unless Bond is pitted against a great adversary.
@@nathannicholson2933 It would have ruined gary oldman. he was fine where he was. from Leon to Dracula etc. to Slow Horses he shines. He's got this stage feeling wherever he goes.
I can't stand Brosnan or Timothy Dalton. Might as well be James Smith of Johnnny English
@@auntisthenes2754Totally agree with you. I also feel the same way about Jack doing Bond. He’s a fine young actor and I think Bond would limit his versatility.
This show is fantastic. Absolutely love the casting ( esp Oldman).
Gary Oldman would make a great bond villian.
I need Jack Lowden and James MacAvoy to star in a Scottish historical drama
Yes Gary you can call him Mick. You can call anyone anything you want. You are Gary Oldman and you are the coolest actor. Arise sir Gary Oldman
Gary oldman should have won the Emmy. No one can match him.Next time? The best series. Gary’s acting is just simply amazing.
All the cast are amazing and it just all works so well together!! 👏
Slow Horses is excellent! Love these guys.
Best series on Apple TV.
top of the list of binge worthy shows, every character is amazing
I need Gary Oldman's laugh as a ringtone 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Jack is brilliant and links well with Gary
gary oldman is so underrated he should have been in more shows
There's always one!
It's Smiley's People meets The Big Lebowski! I fucking love it!
Yes. Love him
Just finished season 2. Great show with a great cast. Can’t wait for season 3!
I was thinking „Is that Mick Jagger ? Nah, cant be. … but it sounds like him. Did they really get Mick Jagger to do the theme song. Nah, it s probably a remix or somebody mimicking him“
That kinda the cherry on top to give this series that little bit of extra importance that it deserves. Nice one. Really feeling Slow Horses so far …
Yes, it's Mick. He wrote the theme song.
Yeah! And it's so good 👍🏻
No one mimics Jagger!!!
Glad I was in this series GO legend
Gary Oldman is sitting next to the next James Bond imo
Great series, nice mix of The Office and Spooks. Turns out series 2 is out later this year and 3 and 4 have also been approved. YALDY!
Gary Oldman is BRILLIANT!! The reason I started watching slow horses is actually Rade Šerbedžija (who I adore!)! In one interview he said that Gary is by far the best actor he worked with! He was super impressed! I had to see it! 🤩😍
Whilst I love Gary, I would like to hear more from Jack in these interviews.
Don’t worry, we’ll be seeing more of Jack.
One of the best series with dialogue that hits like a punch, raw and real, like Bukowski wrote it in a smoky bar at midnight.
Fantastic Show
Slow Horses is a great show in the Tinker, Taylor grimy style of spy stories. One of the best things on streaming at the moment. Good to find out how Jagger did the theme song.
0:32 - 0:34. Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden nodding at the same time like "we got you bruh"😅😂
Riveting! Best Series ever!🇨🇦
Gary Oldman my love
Gary Oldman is actually the guy on the right. He's that good an actor
A fabulous fabulous series!
Absolutely great show!!!
"It's like James Bond without James Bond, is that fair?"
"Umm, yeah..."
Translation: "Umm, no"
Great series, great characters
2:43 So true! I remember saying that too!!
Such a great show ❤❤
It's more like Le Carre than James Bond.
Totally brilliant series….. equally brilliant title music
Omg I love this show!!!! I wonder if it’s more George Smiley than James Bond, they’ve mentioned Smiley and Moscow Centre, I wonder if it’s in the same universe.
Slow Horses is an amazing series and one of the best performances - if not the best apart from Leon - of his career.
I fucking love slow horses, that is all
Damn, off topic here but for some reason I liked hearing that Gary approves of Daniel Craig's portrayal of Bond. I think when Casino Royale came out many of us were not sold on Craig then when you see the film you warm up to him pretty quick. For me Craig is up there with Connery and Dalton.
It shows what utter dross the Oscars have become that Gary hasn’t got at least one. He doesn’t act, he just becomes the character.
Gary Oldman, Like Christopher Walken is one of a kind.
It's much much more like the original Len Deighton books turned into films in the mid 1960s with Michael Caine - The Ipcress File & Funeral in Berlin. Dingy offices, tetchy staff, slightly dodgy spy, manky bits of London. Fantastically directed by Sidney Furie and produced by Harry Saltzman (of Bond fame) with cinematographer Otto Heller and music by the legendary John Barry. Go and check out the two films, because the cinematography and music is utterly awesome.
Great show
The most hilarious is watching a over grown man with a baseball cap backwards.
My thoughts precisely. That neither British actor reacts to a middle-aged man wearing a baseball hat on backwards INDOORS has to be the greatest acting feat ever achieved.
In response to Jack’s question “where do you see spies doing so and so?” - erm, Spooks. 10 seasons of it.
Oldman’s character seems like it’s based on Aqualung.
loveee Jack!
What a show... 😊
0:32 then 0:37
they are in sync...
2 good...
jackson Lamb the poundland george smiley , and I say that with the greatest respect for both characters .
reading the books, I always pictured Samuel L Jackson for Lamb. He had the voice.
Gary Oldman was being modest. They told him Barry Manilow was doing the theme song, would he play Jackson Lamb. Said no. So they got Mick.
I’d love to see Gary as a Bond villain
It’s the most realistic spy thriller to date.
👍🏼😊😃let’s have more of the series plz
2:02 GENIOUS 😂
Yanks won’t get “Slow Horses” which is ironic since they funded and produced it. You see, we Brits have ACTUALLY FUNNY comedy that isn’t talking down to us.
I assure you, we do get it.
Apparently it was an American publisher that kept faith in the book series and kept on pushing it until it suddenly exploded 2 to 3 books down.
@@JordonBeal To a limited degree, but never fully.
I view Slow Horses as sort of the original patriots here in the States,, we were scraggy and unkempt, but we fought against the British and won. Slow Horses in my eyes they're the elite rebels that despite their shortcomings, kick ass.
Gary Oldman is the James Bond Version of Columbo after last season. Pure danger.
Plz bring Sid back in s03
Sirius Black
he's Scottish? I can't bloody believe it. He's Scottish.
This is what the British do so well in drama, that can't -be-arsed incompetence that exists wherever anyone chases remnants of shattered dreams of glory. It's the offspring of Minder and Steptoe. It's so realistic. The books are brilliant.
Let's hear it for MICK HERRON who wrote the brilliant books! Dramatization of such work is always a bit diluted.
A very un-American treat...till now.
Archetypes anyone?
They are part of the deep, unspoken power of these novels.
Lady Di (Taverner) is the flip-side of the original Lady Di. The former is calculating, cold-blooded and unscrupulous, where the former was spontaneous, sensitive and vulnerable.
Lamb, on the other hand, is a part of ourselves we are longing to let loose on the world: apparently chaotic, blind, unthinking and invulnerable, he's our Dyonisian side, as is Shirley (only as she appears in the books, though, not in the show, unfortunately).
We are sandwiched between our Di(e) and Lamb sides, colliding and just longing to emerge.
These characters give vent to it for all of us.
So far, the series is incredibly good and remarkably true to the novels, even to the point of being filmed in the "actual" locale discovered by author Mick Herron, one of the few masters of this genre not really having lived as a spy himself (probably, possibly). Jackson Lamb is delicious and represents a side iof us all we would probably love to act out and even nurture. OK, I would, in any case. Gary Oldman is obviously enjoying himself as the man we all secretly hate to love. There are two casting or directorial mistakes here though: first, Roddy Ho is more of a nasty egomaniac and less of a goofy closet superhero (totally out of touch with reality) than he is in the books; secondly, the wonderfully explosively psychotic and sugar-bingeing Shirley Dander from the books is nowhere to be found in the lightweight underwhelming version of her character we are presented with onscreen.
One word of caution: the final episode of Season Three also gets very violent, American-style, and we can only hope this does not bode badly for Season Four. Unfortunately, feedback from audiences who haven't read the novels and are addicted to computer-assisted superviolence in their movies may pressure the team into delivering a more violent and sensationalist version such as we are accustomed to in American films. Let's hope not.
Yes, TV Roddy is more dickish than novel Roddy ( I imagined his car being a Kia Soul 😅), but I think he's equally hilarious in a way that provides better motivation for how the others dump on him.
Agreed about Shirley. Very underwhelming. I imagined her being a short, squat little mouth-breather who couldn't cope with her own frustration at not being good enough. Reading John LeCarré's books, I imagined George Smiley being equally short and squat (but not incompetent), not looking like Alec Guinness or Gary Oldman.
On a more positive note, casting Jack Lowden as River Cartwright was perfect. He's just enough of a boy-band puppy dog to be a realistic spy candidate and James Bond Wannabe ("Bond Lite"), but not tough enough to actually be 007. As Jackson Lamb says, he's "Double Oh Three-and-a-Half." 😋
The TV show is based on the novels, which have both violence and tragedy. The series isn't a watered-down comedy, it has a deep streak of black realism that's a core part of it what it is.
Cartwright and Lamb is the best duo
i seriously mistook Jack for Simon Pegg
Wow Jack looks completely different without his stubble/scruffy beard barely recognized him. I think I like his bearded look better. Great actor.
Tiptoes. The role of a lifetime
I think you should really watch the show before interviewing the actors.
It’s the exact opposite of James Bond
Both of them are wondering "what the hell is that on his head?"
Terrible first question and then the nod 😂😂😂
Dopey opening question. Bond without Bond? There is virtually nothing else from Bond films: no Aston Martins with rear mounted machine guns, no beauties in couture, no elegant interiors, etc...
Jack looks like a young Anthony Hopkins