‘Playing the Prime Minister ‘changes your perception’ of politics’ says Suranne Jones

Actress Surranne Jones played the role of many women under great pressure. He suspects a relationship with her husband in Doctor Foster, investigating a death in a submarine in Vigil, and gentlemen develop a dangerous lesbian romance in Jack.

But none of the roles are under pressure as the last – playing a British Prime Minister whose husband is kidnapped.

Netflix’s new political thriller is a pledge, Jones’ character Abigail Dalton, the French President Vivienne Toussain, played by Julie Delpy, blackmailing during the London Summit.

The two leaders work together to save the Prime Minister’s husband, mask the kidnapper and blackmail, and bring the responsible ones to justice.

Given the themes of immigration, NHS’s financing and public confidence, the audience may be attractive to connect the hostage to today’s headlines.

However, both stars insist on reflecting today’s politics and creating an exciting story in the political world.

“We are in the fun and political world, but in no way a reflection of the world we live in.”

“With a small P political – there is enough to root us in the real world, but the world would be very complex and I think it would be inappropriate to tie it directly.”

Delpy accepts and says: “Things change every day. It is impossible to be political at the political moment because tomorrow is something else.”

Matt Charman, the author of the show, explains that there are some connections to the real world, because “it is impossible to write a show in the climate we live in, it does not feel that it is in dialogue with it”.

“If you have written a demonstration that is not affiliated to our world, it feels strange,” he says, “but I hope the show is capable of existing in its own oxygen.”

It is rare to see the two women’s world leaders who share the spotlight in a political thriller, but for Charman, Dalton and Toussaint is an integral part of the way women become pregnant and is both creative and political choice.

“The exciting, the idea of ruling women, and how we discovered it,” he says, explaining how the characters are trying to discover how to be different for a woman.

“There is a double standard for women, so it was very important to give it full dramatic freedom.”

Charman and Jones have shared an agent for the last 10 years, and the hostage has appeared because Charman really wanted to work with Jones and has settled in creating a double political tension.

Jones, in particular, likes to discover “how these two women should dance around each other”.

“A female politician is accustomed to dealing with men, so it’s interesting to see how she plays when there are two women.”

While the audience quickly learns Jones’s character – a loving wife and mother – Delpy’s character, who is idealist to heal the country, Delpy’s character was drawn more and our view of the changes throughout the demonstration.

“We made it not to enter the female politician stereotypes, Del says Delpy. “What I love is that these women actually have some common things as they want to change.”

Guardian describes the hostage as “quite extraordinary” because it does not remind you of another political thriller film.

“Don’t bite a little, but not the House of Cards, it has a sarcastic tempo, but not 24, it’s sharp, the dialogue is sharp but never played to laugh,” Zoe Williams says.

Jones, who served as the chief producer at the show to play Dalton in a convincing way, says he really dives into the reality of political life. He visited the House of Commons, spoke to the Speaker of the Assembly and swallowed books, podcasts and documentaries.

“A little inch when it comes to research,” he confesses. “I was fascinated by understanding a life that I didn’t know anything, not to imitate anyone. And that’s the cost of being in a strong position that really impresses me.”

Charman also talks about an extraordinary research that begins to create a show.

I ask him if he is inspired by Dalton or Toussaint’s real life politicians, and he admits that they are, but who will not say.

“We interviewed many people, and Suranne had incredible access to people who were the prime minister who spoke about their time and their pressure on their families.

Jones will not say which politicians inspire the character of politicians, but all of his previous characters are a part of him and a “personality meeting” that feeds the person he played.

It allows you to notice that all the research “definitely changes your perception” and “the cost of being in a strong position” about what is like being a politician.

A question raised by the show is whether it is possible for a politician to adhere to his ideals after taking office, and Jones is not sure, Charman is an optimistic.

“I wanted to discover how good people could be in politics, but pushed well, or he says.

He adds that it is not “inevitable”, but “absolutely difficult to protect your morality”.

On the hostage and hostage drama, Charman says the show is investigating what needs to be a good person in a system that doesn’t always reward good people. “

Delpy explains a little more pessimistic and, “Given that politicians should be heard, you will not rest because there is too much noise from both ends,” Delpy explains.

“If you have a moderate view, people will disappear in the noise just because they listen to the highest voice.”