Broadchurch stars David Tennant and Olivia Colman and the
series creator Chris Chibnall have given their first interview about the new
series which begins early next year. They spoke to The Independent newspaper while
on location in Clevedon, Somerset earlier this year about the secrecy
surrounding the filming. Chris Chibnall believes it contributed to the success
of the show
“What’s exciting to me is that the audience discovered the
show for themselves the first time round,” he explains. “What we’re trying to
do is to replicate that experience for them, so they don’t come to it knowing
what to expect… being pre-told. That’s why I’m being deliberately evasive.”
David and Olivia recalled the first series when the identity
of the murderer was not revealed until they shot the final episode. David said
he was able to use the secrecy in his performance.
“It means you’re genuinely questioning everyone you come
across… you have no sense of whether they’re lying to you or not,” he said.
“We were rubbish
though because after every interview,” added Olivia. “We would both go – David
in particular – ‘they did it… they definitely did it…’”
Secrecy on the series two shoot was maintained by employing
two ex-Coldstream Guards to deter photographers, and by shooting under the
codename “Tea & Sympathy”. The cast and crew were required to sign
non-disclosure agreements and scripts were individually watermarked, and many
key scenes were shot in a studio.
“Pretty much all the big moments are not on location. You
prefer if things don’t end up in the papers but we knew it was more likely to
happen this time,” said Chris.
“But that’s a victim of our success so we shouldn’t be too
churlish about it,” added David. “It’s a nightmare for us having to do
interviews for this without speaking out of line.”
“It’s a different sort of suspense this time,” David
eventually revealed. “The cast list is huge now. It’s a little bit Game of
Thrones in the way storylines are scattered and then intersect… it’s
beautifully crafted. We went to visit Chris Chibnall in his office when we were
down in Dorset where he works and there’s a big whiteboard with all the secrets
– and he covered it up because we were coming to visit. He’d get very twitchy
if you went anywhere near it.”
To find out what else they were able to say about the new series read the whole article on The Independent.
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