On Wednesday 1st April, the first episode of
Gracepoint starring David Tennant and Anna Gunn airs in the UK exclusively on
ITV Encore. The remake of the award winning ITV series Broadchurch expands on
the original series, threading new storylines through the gripping narrative.
Gracepoint follows events in a small Californian town after a
young local boy is found murdered. The ten part series was filmed on location
on Vancouver Island, BC in the Greater Victoria area early in 2014. Interviewed
during the shoot, David Tennant, who plays Detective Emmett Carver, talks about
the importance of the location to the drama.
“The series is called Gracepoint and Gracepoint the place is
very much a character in the piece,” he says “It’s the story of a small town as
much as it’s the story of a murder investigation; it’s the story of how a community
reacts to what happens.”
It was crucial, therefore, for the series producers to find the
right backdrop to the action, and David believes that they got it just right
with Vancouver Island.
“I think Victoria has afforded us some fantastic locations.
It’s one of those places where you have four seasons in one day which works
rather well for our story. You go from these beautiful days where the sky is
the bluest of blues and then three hours later it’ll be the greyest of greys
and you’re in this very dark rather tempestuous world. And because our story
traverses the spectrum of emotion it’s quite interesting to be filming in a
climate that traverses its own spectrum,” he explains. “We also have some
beautiful beach locations; we have the town of Oak Bay in Victoria has been
transformed into Gracepoint. Oak Bay Avenue is Gracepoint high street. Victoria
has been very welcoming and apparently very happy to be transformed, happy to
play along.
“What Gracepoint is and where Gracepoint is informs the way
that everyone there behaves and how that community exists and thrives and then
consequently splinters and fractures. You need the location to be just right,
you can’t imagine it being anywhere else, that’s a sign that it’s been got
right, I’d say that’s been the case everywhere we’ve gone on this.”
Gracepoint
When a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach, a major
police investigation gets underway in the small California seaside town where
the tragedy occurred. Soon deemed a murder, the case sparks a media frenzy,
which throws the boy’s family into further turmoil and upends the lives of the
town’s residents. As the powerful crime series moves to its startling
conclusion, the investigation cuts a devastating swathe through the town of
Gracepoint.
The all-star cast includes David Tennant (Broadchurch), Emmy
Award winner Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad), Emmy Award nominee and Golden Globe
Award winner Nick Nolte (Luck) and Golden Globe Award nominee Jacki Weaver
(Silver Linings Playbook).
Watch episode 1 of Gracepoint on ITV Encore on Wednesday 1st
April at 10pm BST. ITV Encore is available only to Sky TV subscribers on
Channel 123 and via NOW TV.
Source: ITV Press Centre
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