WARNING: This article spoilers about the Peacock seriesDeparture.
A London-bound plane vanishes into thin air (or deep water?).
One survivor is rescued.
Credit: Stephen Scott/Shaftesbury/Greenpoint Productions/Peacock
What does she remember?
(The answer is no to the latter question.)
Enter Kendra Malley, played byThe Good WifeandBlindspotsArchie Panjabi.
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But her boss and mentor played by Oscar winnerChristopher Plummer thinks she’s the best person for the job.
Check for the emergency exit nearest you as the Emmy winner welcomes you aboard the flight.
Who are all these people?
Stephen Scott/Shaftesbury/Greenpoint Productions/Peacock
Who should I be suspicious of?Is that how it also read to you on the page?
Was it a page-turner that you couldn’t put down?
ARCHIE PANJABI:Absolutely!
So receiving all six was a treat.
Like you, I couldn’t put it down.
I was really keen to know what caused the accident.
So I read all six in one go.
Tell me about exploring that dynamic and relationship.
I find those characters exciting as well.
And highly intelligent women, I might add.
There were a couple times that I like audibly gasped at things that were revealed.
I think I actually said Oh, s—!
Yeah, you’re right so many things going on.
It makes a good binge-watch.
It was such a fantastic, novel idea of putting it in flight for this conversation to take place.
Ill let you say what you might about it without spoiling anything.
There is a scene in the aircraft that was absolutelyterrifyingto film.
And it was terrifying being on that flight.
I’m normally pretty good at flying, but I was terrified while doing it.
Sometimes scenes like that are primarily camera tricks, but the fuselage was actually moving?
Which also makes sense, then, with the scenes of the car crash we see.
I felt that when I was watching it.
I had a great [stunt double].
She turned that car, she did all of that.
I remember on the day she came in and we were like, are you okay?
And she said, Yeah, I wanted it to turn three times but it only did it twice.
Im not very happy about that.
[Laughs] But I was like, But are you okay?
She was like, No, because it should have been three, not two.
The stuff they do is just incredible.
And I guess its icing on the cake that Christopher Plummer plays your boss?
Ohhh, it was an absolute [pleasure].
We were blessed with a great cast.
It wasfabulousworking with him.
I enjoyed every single moment I got to spend with him.
[Laughs]
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