Peter Craig: Yeah, Dennis is a great writer, a great guy.
I’m glad I’m gonna see him tomorrow.
And he’s it’s very reflective.
It becomes more of a literary novel in the second half.
And he knew I’m not really a literary writer.
Peter Craig: So, the idea was, how do you do flashbacks without leaving the present?
So we would give a shot to place characters in the middle of scenes and come in and out.
It was kind of a callback to what we were doing in ‘The Town.’
Wagner Moura: Manny is probably the most vulnerable character I have ever played.
It’s pure emotion all the time.
He doesn’t want to be there.
They’re not good at that.
And I think the drugs are one way out.
It’s one of the things that he finds to get away from that nightmare that took his life.
You know, it’s very tragic, man.
I mean, I feel lots of empathy for Manny.
He has to believe.
He’s constantly trying to find a way out.
Marin Ireland: Yeah.
I mean, my character, I think, has some trouble with authority.
When we meet her, her undercover life is kind of subsuming her.
She is not functioning very well as a person undercover, period.
And her job is a little bit at risk anyway.
And then she finds herself having to fight to stay on this job once she’s been physically compromised.
But that’s all she has in her life at this point.
So she really, I think, without that, she has nothing.
Amir Arison: It really was fun to have, like, meaty conflict, subtle nuance.
We’re on the same page.
She’s convincing me, I’m trying to convince her, I’m trying to protect her.
I really have a big thing.
Peter [Craig] and I talked about how I have to protect the department.
There are politics he has to play.
There are budget things.
And then who are those guys?
You know, Jack is the key character that dies right away, uncovering his motives.
He’s trying to do both.
He needs her to be a witness.
Is she a witness?
She needs to be off duty.
She does pass her fitness for duty test.
He gets to say it.
He thought they’d have a great moment.
She’s still like, what are you doing?
Get the real guys.
But also, it does change over the [show].
I think it’s a beautiful blend of those two things."
Kate Mulgrew: And this is nothing more or less than the genius of the writer.
If it’s not on the page, it cannot be brought to life.
This is a gift.
Very, very few writers have it in Hollywood, and Peter Craig has it in spades.
Mulgrew: Biology, for starters, that would go there.
He had a son by a woman who was a heroin addict.
I mean, he is delivered unto the wolves, or he is delivered unto my bosom.
And I said to him, come with me.
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At least together, we stand a better chance than we do apart."
Cooper: I guess I can say that she is well equipped.
Nesta Cooper: I would like to dive more into Quakerism.
I would like to dive more into that aspect of her.
Kate Mulgrew: I agree with you.
Quakerism is fascinating, a very, very unusual choice, immediately fascinating and interesting to the audience.
As for Theresa, I wouldn’t mind a little more retrospection.
Let’s go back and find out why it is she ended up where she did.
How entrenched was she in that life?
How dark, in fact, is she, or how light?
I want to know the true denomination of her spirit.
So the opportunities are endless, and if Peter writes it beyond endless to the moon.
Dope Thiefstarts streaming onApple TV+on March 14.
