Philadelphia, new crusten thriller epicenter in the US series

Amanda Seyfried led the investigation this week on Max, a few days after the run by Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura (on Apple), and a few years after Kate Winslet (on HBO). But why is the city of Pennsylvania thus represented?

Twenty years ago, the city of Baltimore was associated with crime on American TV. Because The Wire. But in the 2020s, the epicenter of crime moved a hundred kilometers north. Always on the East American Coast, the city of Philadelphia and its suburbs are increasingly used as a framework for sordid stories, as The Disappeared Riverwhich has just been released on Max.

More precisely, it is Kensington, a district north-east of the metropolis, which serves as a backdrop for the investigations of Mickey Fitzpatrick in this new intense series, where she is looking for her toxican sister and at the same time hunts down a serial killer who attacks the La Pamées in the area. “”This corner of Philadelphia was very hard by the opioid crisis “ tell Liz Moorebook author Long Bright River Who inspired the series, of which she is also a producer. First met it at Séries Mania where the show was projected in official competition this week, and Moore tells how much the district is “Vibrant, with an exciting story. “

The star of The Disappeared River is also from the region. Amanda Seyfried grew up in the small town of Allentown, north of the state. “”But even I who came from Pennsylvania, I had never heard of Kensington before reading the long book Bright River“says the actress revealed in Veronica Mars. “”I had never set foot there before doing this series and I had the opportunity to go for real, following a police patrol on site, one day, to prepare the role. It was striking. It showed me Philadelphia in another day. Because this community is scary. Everyone avoids it. There is a lot of drugs. But this series offers another perspective and shows how the local community is mobilizing and supported. We show all aspects, different stories, and it is a form of respect for this district. “

Besides, we find in the production a lot of inhabitants, who were invited to participate in the series:

“We wanted to give them a place” resume Liz Moore. And we were lucky, because many accepted this invitation and came to the set. Some have played more or less important roles, others have tagged Kensington graffiti on our background sets, others came to play music … “

Because The Disappeared River could not really be turned to Kensington. “It was not possible for a lot of reasons “explains Amanda Seyfried. “We filmed in Brooklyn (New York), and the production team transformed the districts of the North to reproduce the atmosphere of Kensington. We really had the impression of being there, without being there. All the technical teams really worked hard so that we are as authentic as possible in order to represent this community. Kensington is really a character in the series”.

This is also how Peter Craigthe creator and screenwriter of Dope Thiefon Apple, had thought Philadelphia. His two thugs in the short week, embodied by Brian Tyree Henry And Wagner Moura “”are part of Philly“Said Craig a few weeks ago. “They are loyal to the city, so to speak. To the point where they are afraid to leave … to leave, it would be like cutting an arm for them (…) I love the city of Philadelphia. I had done the same with Boston a little, when I wrote The Town for Ben Affleck. But the Boston districts are not really hard as what we showed in the film. Especially today. Philadelphia has resisted that.

Long before Dope ThiefIt is Mare of Easttownobviously, who put the city of Pennsylvania back on the map of criminal series (Easttown is in the northwest suburbs). But the teams of The Disappeared River fiercely deny any parentage:

“”I think they are fundamentally different series. I think we offer an overview of the real philadelphia with a very urban series“assures Liz MooreWhen Amanda Seyfried Speak squarely about a “Simplistic vision, not to say loking: Here, there is a female cop who investigates Philadelphia, so it’s like Mare of Easttown! No, I think it’s a different story! “

And the actress to conclude: “There is room to tell different stories, even if they take place in similar places. I am sure that The Diparues River is really a special story, because it highlights the compassion and understanding of the other, marginalized people that we are afraid of. “

The 8 episodes of the mini-series are already available in full on Max in France.