Showbiz | Celebrity News I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice . Suspect series two will show “an emotional journey in real time” due to its “unique” filming structure, one of its stars, Eddie Marsan has said.
The Channel 4 show sees Anne-Marie Duff star as Dr Susannah Newman, who is on a quest to find the truth about her daughter’s tragic death before she embarks on her own mission to save a life after a mysterious new client called Jon Fallow (Dominic Cooper) makes a disturbing confession under hypnosis. The new series will also star Episodes actress Tamsin Greig as Natasha Groves, Paddington 2 star Ben Miller as Detective Superintendent Richard Groves, Boiling Point’s Vinette Robinson as Louisa McAdams, For Life star Nicholas Pinnock as Joseph Buckley and Bodyguard actress Gina McKee as Kate. Speaking about the series’ “unique” format, Marsan, who plays Alistair Underwood, said its long scenes would show viewers events in real time.
“The long scenes can be challenging”, he said. “There’s lots of showpiece dialogue, so it’s almost like working on a play, but I quite enjoy that. “When an audience watches long scenes between actors, they can see the characters go through an emotional journey in real time.
“That puts the audience on the edge of their seat, as if they’re watching it for real.” In Suspect’s first series the episodes were each less than 30-minutes long and fe.