Meet the characters & cast of Department Q
Netflix's new Nordic noir crime thriller currently in production.
I have made some cast cards so we can remember who is who.
🔸️Carl Morck, The former top-rated detective - Matthew Goode
🔸️Merrit Linguard, The ruthless prosecutor - Chloe Pirrie
🔸️Akram Salim, The mysterious assistant - Alexej Manvelov
🔸️Dr Rachel Irving, The smart therapist - Kelly Macdonald
🔸️Rose, The troubled rookie - Leah Byrne
🔸️Mark Bonnar as Stephen, Shirley Henderson as Clare Marsh, Jamie Sives as DS Hardy & Kate Dickie as Moira
📷 All photos & text from Netflix, apart from photo of Matthew Goode by Simon Emmett (via matthew-goode.net). Character descriptors my own.
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Hilary Swank in Insomnia (2002).
It's unusual to come across a remake that's more interesting than the original (a Scandinavian movie from 1997). Hilary Swank's Ellie is very sweet, naively hero-worshipping Al Pacino's Will Dormer, a bit like Lenina Huxley with John Spartan in Demolition Man, but at the same time she's very capable and honourable.
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‼️BREAKING NEWS 💥NEW LEAD ROLE💥 for Matthew Goode in Netflix crime thriller series ‘Department Q’
It started filming in January. Directed by Scott Frank, the series is based on best-selling ‘Nordic noir’ novels by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen.
The show centers around "brilliant but difficult" detective Carl Morck, wracked with guilt at a case gone wrong that left his partner paralysed and another policeman dead . He is sidelined into a new Department Q for cold cases but assembles a team of misfits and finds his A game again. The story is transposed to Edinburgh.
Frank Scott said: “Carl Morck is one of those classic detective antiheroes, funny and dark at the same time, that I can never get enough of. I think audiences will feel the same way.” (Herald)
Other cast members include Chloe Pirrie, Alexej Manvelov, Kelly MacDonald, and Leah Byrne.
Scott Frank is the lead creator. He is a sought-after scriptwriter and directed the Queen’s Gambit, Minority Report, Godless and The Lookout (with Matthew as Gary Spargo).
He will lead the team of writers including Chandni Lakhani (Black Mirror, Vigil), Stephen Greenhorn and Colette Kane.
This will be an eight-part series and will be produced by Sony-owned Left Bank Pictures, the company behind The Crown and Outlander.
Rob Bullock, Andy Harries and David Brown will be co-producing the series. (IMDB)
The book series has already been adapted into a film series in Denmark. The action will be transported from Copenhagen to Scotland for this new production.
📷 Photo credits - my edits from
Photo of Scott Frank by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Photo of Jussi Adler-Olsen from his website
Photos of Matthew Goode by Philip Sinden (for Brummel, Sep 2017) and Uli Webber (for Style Italia, Feb 2017) via matthew-goode.net
Photo of Edinburgh "Jagged walkways" by Andrew B Harris
The Lookout promo still & poster (via matthew-goode.net)
Photos of Scott Frank & Matthew Goode at The Lookout premiere by Alexandra Wyman/WireImage/Miramax Film/Getty
All credits are on the pictures
Read more here ⬇️
More info
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“Oh you’re horribly traumatised? Me too! Let’s be friends and solve weird crimes together!”
Department Q is my old favourite book series that I’m revisiting.
Read it if you like high quality Nordic noir and wholesome friendships!👌👌👌
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Season 1 of Arctic Circle is leaving Amazon Prime in 3 days guys! It’s really good if you haven’t seen it yet.
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