I mean, being inside the story was definitely tough at times, because I was reading the scripts, literally, physically, going, “No, no, no!” But it’s a really human thing. Manhunt Deadly Games tells the Olympic Park Bombing story from two points of view—that of Richard Jewell, who was accused of the crime, and that of the FBI agents who investigated Jewell before locating real bomber Eric Rudolph.. It’s an admirable balancing act for the series, which continues to air on … My character Stacey Knox was very much like, “We have this open and closed. The show features actors like Cameron Britton, who plays security guard Richard Jewell, Judith Light as Bobbi Jewell and Kelly Jenrette, who embodies several real-life FBI agents in her character Stacy Knox. The other story is that of the actual bomber, Eric Rudolph (played by Jack Huston) and the FBI’s seven-year manhunt trying to capture him. I didn’t think about doing that. MANHUNT: DEADLY GAMES is the second season of the anthology series MANHUNT, which premiered in 2018 with a season about the Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski. AX: How was it doing your scenes with Arliss Howard as the ATF bomb expert who keeps trying to tell your characters what really happened? Louis Freeh is the real culprit in the Richard Jewell story. Jenrette, originally from Atlanta, earned an Emmy nomination for her guest performance in THE HANDMAID’S TALE and was a series regular on GRANDFATHERED. With MANHUNT: DEADLY GAMES, the series has moved to Spectrum Originals, available on demand to all Spectrum subscribers. And there’s a little bit of me, I’ll be honest, it’s nice being there at the start. It’s not a comfortable position, to be responsible. So that was kind of a fun thing. Gethin Anthony FBI Agent Jack Brennan 10 episodes, 2020. The actor is honored to be a part of this show for a number of different reasons. I was about thirteen when it happened, and I remember something happening at the Olympics, but I guess I wasn’t so aware of the fallout of what happened afterwards. The Season 1 followed the agent named Jim “Fitz” Fitzgerald (played by Sam Worthington), who is a criminal profiler who uses forensic linguistics to hunt the Unabomber. And I think that, as the series goes on, that is kind of challenged, but I think because they have that foundation of, “I like you as a person,” it makes the conflict even more rich, because it’s like, “But this isn’t who you are, this isn’t what you should be doing. 135 records for Stacy Knox. Watch “Manhunt: Deadly Games” Monday nights at 10 p.m. EST/PST on CBS. GETHIN ANTHONY: And having grown up a lot further away [laughs], I still was very surprised by how little I knew. Find Stacy Knox's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. AX: Did either of you have to learn how to do anything physically in order to play your parts, either how to handle particular types of weaponry, or how to shove your way through the woods, or …? But it did make certain scenes between Kelly and I fascinating, sometimes uncomfortable, but as I say, occasionally it felt honest for the period and the story that we’re telling. My father is a retired police officer and I gleaned a lot of information from him. The FBI cleared Jewell as a suspect three months after the bombing July 27, 1996. Like us on Facebook at ASSIGNMENT X, Tags: Arliss Howard, Cameron Britton, Eric Rudolph, Exclusive, exclusive interview, Game of Thrones, Gethin Anthony, Handmaid's Tale, interview, Kelly Jenrette, Manhunt, Manhunt: Deadly Games, Mindhunter, Richard Jewell, Spectrum Originals, TCA, Television Critics Association. I was like, “I could fit a whole building in each leg.” But actually, when I saw our supporting artists walk in their costumes on our set of the Olympic park, I had a real shiver. EVIL: Co-creator Robert King talks Season 1 and THE GOOD FIGHT - Exclu... Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Recommended. AX: And what would you both most like people to know about MANHUNT: DEADLY GAMES? I did watch MINDHUNTER. Season 1 of Manhunt is available on Netflix in some countries. It was amazing to be a part of the process.”. Gethin Anthony and Kelly Jenrette in MANHUNT: DEADLY GAMES | ©2020 Spectrum Originals, AX: Because it seems like Knox is not that worried about impressing any one particular person, whereas Brennan is much more concerned about he’s impressing the higher-ups …. ANTHONY: We had long, long conversations about what their particular history was. Suits in the ‘90s apparently were the size of tents. JENRETTE: Yeah, we had some really great people working with us, former FBI agents who worked with us in how to hold the gun properly. A new Manhunt begins in the anthology series with Deadly Games, now airing on Spectrum Originals (moving from Discovery Channel after the first season, Unabomber).. Along with our main office, we have four satellite offices. In the first episode, FBI agent Jack Brennan (Gethin Anthony) tries to get a local militia to understand the truth that Randolph is really behind the 1996 Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, not Richard Jewell (Cameron Britton). Stacy Knox is not a real character during that time, she is a compilation of characters. JENRETTE: Yeah, it’s the ‘90s. AX: Stacey Knox is a composite, but she’s really much more what most people think of when we think of an FBI agent, where this person is going to … JENRETTE: Yeah. AX: Prior to playing Richard Jewell in MANHUNT: DEADLY GAMES, Cameron Britton had played real-life serial killer Ed Kemper in MINDHUNTER. AX: Stacey Knox is a composite, but she’s really much more what most people think of when we think of an FBI agent, where this person is going to be very stoic and matter-of-fact in front of the public …, JENRETTE: Yeah. Jenrette believes this show comes at the right time for our country. Guest Host Mike Richards Takes Over, Explains Why He's Filling In, Patriots QB Watch: A Jimmy Garoppolo Reunion Seems Less Likely, With GM John Lynch Committing To QB, Capacity Restrictions To Be Eased For Restaurants, Venues And Weddings In Massachusetts, TD Garden, Fenway Park Can Open At 12% Capacity For Fans Starting March 22, 65,640 Minutes! "Bombingham" -- While Richard Jewell fights back against the FBI and media, ATF Agent Embry investigates a serial bomber and discovers a crucial link to the Olympic bomb, on MANHUNT: DEADLY GAMES Monday, Oct. 12 (10:00-11:00 PM ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. But I grew to appreciate exactly what he was doing, and seeing it pay off in the show is just incredible. The first season of the Manhunt series featured the FBI's nationwide hunt to find the Unabomber in the 90s. Photo: Lewis Jacobs/Lionsgate. It hit very close to home. Just to be able to do the research and understand what it was like for a Black FBI agent in the 90s and a Black female FBI agent was pretty challenging. I had to be very firm – I don’t want to say ‘mean,’ because that’s a judgment – and he’s just so locked in, he’s so present, and he’s so good, it was great being able to do scenes with him. ANTHONY: And the suits. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. And it has to do with – I think “confirmation bias” is the wrong phrase, but when you’re so far down the road, to really sit back and go, “No, we’ve been wrong this whole time” was a tricky, tricky thing, and ultimately, I don’t want to give any spoilers away, but we come at it from a slightly different, more personal angle, and I think that feels very human as well. KELLY JENRETTE: I knew a little bit about this case. Godmasch on her new novel – Exclusive Interview », LUCIFER: Co-executive producer Mike Costa talks all things Lucifer for Season 5 – Exclusive In », YOUR HONOR: Michael Stuhlbarg on paying a grieving mob boss – Exclusive Interview », LUCIFER: Co-executive producer Mike Costa gives the scoop on Season 5 – Exclusive Interview », Exclusive Interview with MANHUNT: DEADLY GAMES stars Gethin Anthony and Kelly Jenrette. CBS is taking a look back at this event through the lens of its new TV show called “Manhunt: Deadly Games,” which is a scripted true-crime anthology series that chronicles one of the most complex manhunts on U.S. soil. ANTHONY: There’s an element of that preparation – I saw a lot of training videos before we joined up all together, and then, as Kelly said, we had some wonderful guys working with us to get to the detail, because really, all we’re looking to get across, especially because we’re playing composite characters, is the authenticity of the operations, and trying to get that instilled in the story as much as possible, because then I think you feel those things as an audience. I am originally from Atlanta, born and raised, and I have a picture of my mom, myself, and two of my brothers holding the [Olympic] torch, because they did the torch run that went past our house, and my youngest brother performed in the opening and closing ceremony. ... Carla Gugino as Kathy Scruggs, Kelly Jenrette as Stacy Knox, and Arliss Howard as Earl Embry. JENRETTE: Arliss is incredible, and I remember the first scene that I had with him. FBI special agents enter as General Schedule (GS) 10 employees on the law enforcement government pay scale and can advance to the GS 13 grade level in nonsupervisory assignments. Pictured: Arliss Howard as ATF Agent Earl Embry. ANTHONY: Yeah. JENRETTE: It was extremely difficult, largely in part because one, like he said, you know how it ends, and how just dead wrong they were. JENRETTE: Yeah. AX: Now, it’s unusual in either a TV show or a film to have a protagonist who isn’t the bad guy, but who is so consistently wrong-headed as both of your characters are for quite awhile. I call you “boss,” and “sir,” and not like that Southern polite “Yes, sir,” “No, sir.” It felt like oh, he is my superior. I don’t understand.”, AX: It’s harder to do that with a friend than with somebody where you’re going, “Well, you’re a jackass anyway” …. If it were the ‘70s, you’d pick it out, if it were the ‘60s, you might pick it out, if it were the ‘50s, you’d definitely pick it out. Potato Head Is Getting A Gender Neutral Name, 2 Men Killed In Accident At Construction Site On High Street In Boston. I have done a little bit, but certainly not handguns. “It’s a wonderful opportunity to revisit the past and to remind ourselves of the mistakes that were made in the past with the Richard Jewell case,” said Jenrette. On July 17, 2018, Charter … Directed by Michael Dinner. ANTHONY: I got to spend a lot of time with Arliss, and I learned a huge amount from him, and I just have very fond memories of this whole summer. One, that it’s absolutely worth watching. I never had a person I took to trial who wasn’t convicted. What was that scene, or those scenes, of realization like to play? Former FBI agent looks forward to ‘Richard Jewell,’ investigated 1996 Olympics bombing. I was especially tired of guilty persons claiming their innocence. We lock them up.”. And it’s a story about redemption, forgiveness, failures, heroes, unlikely heroes, and ultimately relationships. One, recently dramatized in the feature film RICHARD JEWELL, chronicles the efforts of security guard Richard Jewell (played here by Cameron Britton) to clear his name after being wrongly accused of bombing Atlanta, Georgia’s Centennial Park during the 1996 Olympic Games. Ex-FBI agent: Knox shouldn't have been charged. ANTHONY: Seeking to understand how these things happen. With Gethin Anthony, Ness Bautista, Cameron Britton, Desmond Harrington. And it doesn’t hurt that the evidence is there to back it up, but I think their relationship helped to bring Stacey Knox around to the fact that it wasn’t Richard Jewell. I have never met or spoken with anybody in the Knox or Mellas families. But we shared some amazing scenes with Arliss. Kelly Jenrette, who plays FBI agent Stacy Knox, shared in an interview with CBS Denver that she was thrilled to learn of the opportunity to take part in this series. Well, mostly, it’s down to Kelly [laughs]. Arliss Howard Earl Embry 10 episodes, 2020. 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Photo: Lewis Jacobs/Lionsgate. And then, on the acting side, we have this scene where we’re interrogating Richard Jewell. By viewing our video content, you are accepting the terms of our. Another 14 months actually passed before Rudolph was identified as the likely Olympic bomber in … Published: December 13, 2019 4:32 PM EST. Can you talk about playing that? Stacy Knox is not a real character during that time, she is a compilation of characters. I feel like, certainly, my character went on a huge journey, but I did personally, too.
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