Domhnall Gleeson relishing villain role in Echo Valley

Domhnall Gleeson has said he is relishing his role as villain Jackie Lawson in the acclaimed new thriller Echo Valley, coming to Apple TV+ on Friday 13 June.
Gleeson stars opposite Julianne Moore, Sydney Sweeney, and Fiona Shaw in the "gripping tale of love, sacrifice, and survival".
Watch: The trailer for Echo Valley
Speaking at the film's European premiere at BFI Southbank in London on Tuesday, Gleeson said: "It was a chance to do a totally different sort of character. He's very threatening in a very unusual sort of way.
"[It was] a chance to work with Julianne and Sydney and our fantastic director Michael [Pearce (Beast)]. And the script was amazing. Brad [Ingelsby (Mare of Easttown, The Way Back ], who wrote the script, is fantastic. Across the board, [it was] an incredible opportunity, and I loved it."
David Obzud, the Chief of the Easttown Police Department in Eastown Township, Pennsylvania, who worked on True Detective and Mare of Easttown, was a technical advisor on Echo Valley, and Gleeson also saluted him on the red carpet.
"Brad [Ingelsby], the writer, had worked with Chief Dave, who's chief of police, on the script. And so, I went on a sort of... it wasn't a ride-along, but he brought me around a few neighbourhoods to try and get some research done. I found that really interesting, and [he] talked me through some case files and stuff like that, and [I] looked at a lot of videos.
"It was fun. It was fun trying to make the character real, because he could just be a typical bad guy, but it was nice to make him real."
Echo Valley is on Apple TV+ from Friday.

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