Josh Hartnett stars in ‘Below’, Netflix’s eerie thriller about a coastal town and a sea creature | News24
Josh Hartnett stars in ‘Below’, Netflix’s eerie thriller about a coastal town and a sea creature
0:00Josh Hartnett in ‘Below.’
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- Netflix’s six-part thriller “Below” debuts globally on 8 October, following a Newfoundland coastal town terrorised by a sea creature during a real-life homecoming tradition.
- Josh Hartnett stars as a fisherman harvesting iceberg ice as fish stocks deplete, and said filming in Newfoundland and Labrador was the most thrilling part.
- The series blends eerie suspense, humour and climate change.
There’s something in the water in Netflix’s thriller miniseries Below, which opens with a political conflict in a Canadian coastal town that is overshadowed by mysterious events lurking near the harbour.
Actor Josh Hartnett, who stars as a fisherman forced to harvest ice from icebergs due to a depleting fish supply, said the show being set and filmed in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador was the “most thrilling” part of the project.
“If that weren’t at the foreground, (Below) could just very well be another show, but I think that was the thing that really hooked me,” Hartnett told Reuters.
The six-part limited series debuting globally this week takes place during Come Home Year, a real-life tradition in which Newfoundlanders who moved away for work visit home for the summer. But the folksy family reunion quickly becomes the target of a sea creature terrorising the community.
(L to R) Josh Hartnett as Calvin and Willow Kean as Ruth.
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The show blends eerie suspense, heartfelt humour, and climate change – something actor Mackenzie Davis, who plays a marine researcher helping to tackle what’s going on in the water, said would be “absurd and insane” to leave out.
“There’s lots of stuff going on in this show, and a huge part of it is talking about climate change. But they’re all balanced in this really nice way where it doesn’t feel didactic or punishing to watch,” she said.
Created by Canadian screenwriter Jesse McKeown, Belowfeatures local cast members whom other actors credit with helping them grasp the distinct Newfoundland accent.
“If I didn’t know how to say something, I would check. I’d be like, is this OK? Are we doing an OK job? They were so supportive,” said Charlie Heaton, who also stars in Netflix’s hit sci-fi series Stranger Things.
Below streams globally on Netflix on 8 October.
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