I was sitting next to Jojo, and he turned to me and said, “Oh, we’ve got a nerd over here. I had highlighted all of my lines, and I had rulers and pencils. I remember on the read-through for the first day, which was where we met each other, I was quite nervous. We all fit into our characters quite well. But the casting director, Sarah Crowe, did an amazing job of casting the right people for the right role. OSTERFIELD: We didn’t know each other before this job started. We did some escape rooms and I showed them around Liverpool, and it was all good. That created a little bit of pressure, but we did get on really well. I knew that I had to play this really real, believable relationship with this girl who’s my sister and we’ve got this gang who’s got to feel like we’ve lived together forever. I remember on the way to the read-through, I was so scared because it was so much pressure. Did you have a moment when you realized it was working? It must have been scary, knowing that the chemistry between this cast was so vital to the success of this show. It’s been a special treat and a great balance of both. It’s great to be able to focus on these five kids, but also be able to draw from the storylines and characters and villains from the Sherlock Holmes universe and implement it into the narrative of these five kids. It was just really exciting, as soon as I got it. That just means there are open possibilities for certain things and certain narratives and storylines. What drew me to it was the fact that it’s a story that we haven’t heard before and a story about our characters that we don’t really know anything about. Tom Bidwell, our writer, has created this incredible eight-hour episodic extravaganza from these four or five lines. I remember looking through the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle books going, “Where are The Irregulars? Surely, they must be in one of the books.” And then, I found the five lines where they’re mentioned. The fact that Sherlock is in the worst state that we’ve seen him and he’s not able to solve the crimes that he one could because of addiction and drugs, the responsibility falls on these five kids.
As soon as I started reading the script, I realized this is very different to any other Sherlock Holmes show that we’ve seen before. HARRISON OSTERFIELD: When I first got it and heard it was another Sherlock Holmes adaptation, I was interested to see what they were going to come up with. I liked the fast-paced, everything in one, kind of thing. That was probably the biggest thing that drew me to the script. I feel like there’s something in there for everyone. We even have elements of horror and quite thriller-ish moments that have you on the edge of your seat. It’s got so many different genres in one. We have nice comedy moments, we have really dark moments and dark themes, we have the supernatural, we have the crime-solving, and we have the gang element and that camaraderie.
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And then, when I got the full script, I just thought, “This is a dream job.”ĭARCI SHAW: There were so many different elements to it. I loved Bea already as a character, because she was so strong, so feisty, so confident and self-assured, and so unapologetically herself. It’s all about friendships and it’s a coming of age movie.” And then, I got the full script and thought, “What the hell?!” I did not expect it to be so supernatural and get so dark.
I thought, “This is a lovely little show. THADDEA GRAHAM: When I first got the sides for the audition, because you only get a few little scenes, I was auditioning with scenes that were Bea and Leo chattin’ and Bea and Jessie chattin’. As they become aware of a dark supernatural power, Bea ( Thaddea Graham), Jessie ( Darci Shaw), Spike ( McKell David), Billy ( Jojo Macari) and Leo ( Harrison Osterfield) realize they have to rely on each other if they’re going to not only save the world but each other.ĭuring a virtual junket, Collider got the opportunity to chat 1-on-1 with co-stars Thaddea Graham, Darci Shaw, and Harrison Osterfield to preview what drew them to the series, what it's like living in the Sherlock Holmes universe, finding chemistry with this ensemble cast, what they love about their characters, and how the desire to fit in and be accepted is universally relatable, no matter the time period.Ĭollider: When this project came your way, what were you most drawn to? What got you most excited about this?
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From creator Tom Bidwell, the Netflix drama series The Irregulars follows a gang of street teens in Victorian London who are just trying to get by each day - until they find themselves solving crimes for Doctor Watson, while the elusive Sherlock Holmes is indisposed.
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