The crime show costars Imelda Staunton.
SherlockstarMartin Freemantakes on a very different kind of case inA Confession, which premieres on BritBox, May 12.
“Hes not kicking doors in and throwing people in the back of a van.
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He didnt dot an i and cross a t on a particularly extreme situation.
He’s the kind of copper I want if someone from my family goes missing, frankly.”
Below, Freeman talks Confession and tells us what TV shows he’s been watching during lockdown.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Were you familiar with this case?
MARTIN FREEMAN: No, I wasnt actually.
The director Paul Andrew Williams (Broadchurch) said, “I think you should play this guy.”
I looked it up and read about it.
Some people remembered it, but, no, I wasnt familiar.
There isnt much, but I tried to get as familiar as I can be.
What was it like meeting him?
It was very useful.
Hes a really inspiring person.
Im sure he was relieved that the public at large could see what he did.
Im hoping he was happy with it.
That was something that we really wanted, not to have it with car chases and explosions and everything.
Sometimes enormous things can happen in a very everyday way.
So that was what we wanted to capture really and bring a sort of docu-style to it.
Because if you present the audience with what happened, thats enough, in this case.
Other thanA Confession, can you recommend a TV show people should watch while were all stuck at home?
[Laughs] Yeah, a few.
Ive watched a couple of episodes of that.
