Chris O’Dowd has joked that he blackmailed Christina Hendrick into appearing in his new series Small Town, Big Story.
The six-part series is set in Drumbán, a rural town on the border of Ireland and another world.
In this series, Wendy Patterson, a successful TV producer, returns to her hometown of Drumbán after 20 years, bringing a film crew and stirring up old tensions.
Speaking exclusively to Goss.ie ahead of the release of his new series Small Town, Big Story, Chris O’Dowd told us how he got Christina Hendricks to sign on.
Chris joked: “There’s a blackmail situation going on that I can’t really talk about for legal reasons.”
He continued: “She just really responded to the script, and she’s got such devilment in her Christina; she’s obviously got so much gravitas and glamour, but she’s got real devilment in her.”
Speaking to Goss.ie about how he felt to be back on home turf, Chris said: ” It was lovely. It was very, very familiar, like a bunch of crew we had worked with before.”
“Loads of actors from like Moonboy and a bunch of stuff, the clinic, Dave Wilmot, you know, it was a bit of a stroll down memory lane a bit.”
“But then all these new fantastic collaborators and young Irish actors and it was a great buzz.
“I mean the industry here is in great shape, so it feels good to be around,” he continued.
In this series, Wendy Patterson, a successful TV producer, returns to her hometown of Drumbán after 20 years, bringing a film crew and stirring up old tensions.
Back in the chaotic microcosm of Drumbán, this time with a film crew in tow, Wendy is caught between her past and her epic new production.
Séamus Proctor is the local doctor, a respected pillar of the community. He has a neat and well-ordered life, or at least he thinks he does.
Soon he will find himself in the eye of a storm as a celluloid circus descends, which threatens to blow open a secret he has been harbouring since the Millennium.
