Spies are again, not less than in line with rising star Agnes O’Casey, who’s enjoying 4 agent roles this 12 months and who unsurprisingly has some ideas about probably the most well-known spook of all.
“I used to be enjoying a recreation of ‘Would you somewhat be?’ with pals not too long ago and the query was ‘Bond or Indiana’, and after that query I simply turned obsessive about the concept of enjoying Bond,” O’Casey informed Deadline. “I’d like to be a feminine Bond and for her to shapeshift in the best way he does, to have ‘Bond ladies’ be ‘Bond guys’. Now in my head it’s like probably the most enjoyable factor ever. I wish to pace round in an Aston Martin.”
O’Casey definitely has the chops. Her spook roles this 12 months embody Liz Gold within the West Finish adaptation of John le Carré’s The Spy Who Got here in from the Chilly, which she is going to reprise within the BBC-MGM+’s Legacy of Spies, together with a return to Netflix’s Black Doves and, lastly, Apple TV’s Star Metropolis.
She is at Canneseries this weekend selling the latter, a by-product of For All Mankind starring Rhys Ifans and Anna Maxwell Martin in regards to the Soviet Union and the house race. O’Casey performs Irina Morozova, a latest addition to the surveillance division who’s taken below the wing of the top of the division (Maxwell Martin). An older model of her was performed by Svetlana Efremova in For All Mankind.
“After I obtained the breakdown of my character I simply felt like this was in my wheelhouse,” mentioned O’Casey, who broke out enjoying yet one more undercover function within the BBC’s Ridley Street. “Irina is a tremendous character as a result of at first she felt like a baddie and I wanted to discover a approach to justify her however I slowly began to consider her as extra nuanced. She’s a fish out of water however can also be thrilled by that, so there was loads to play with.”
Unsurprisingly given her present spy penchant, O’Casey researched the function deeply, studying Svetlana Alexievich’s oral historical past Secondhand Time: The Final of the Soviets, and Ben Macintyre’s The Spy and The Traitor, which she says turned one thing of a “bible” to the Star Metropolis solid.
For All Mankind is increasing the franchise after quietly turning into certainly one of Apple TV’s longest-running collection of all time, and O’Casey mentioned she has been amazed on the “completely different spectrum of individuals in my life” who depend themselves enormous followers.
‘Legacy of Spies’
Agnes O’Casey
She is now getting ready to shoot Legacy of Spies with all-star solid together with Matthew Macfadyen, Daniel Brühl and Dan Stevens.
“I discovered my ft with this play as a theater actress,” she mentioned. “So I’m actually excited to movie one thing the place I really feel like I’ve a robust grip. I’m not scrabbling round for who she is.”
So what’s it about being undercover that draws O’Casey?
“There’s one thing a couple of double life that’s interesting,” she defined. “In school I used to be nicely behaved however secretly felt like I used to be badly behaved. All of us considerably really feel like we live a double life.”
Star Metropolis has its world premiere Sunday at Canneseries.
