Charlie Murphy & Richard Armitage on Obsession, challenging roles, exploring taboos

Charlie Murphy and Richard Armitage discuss their roles in the Hitchcockian noir series "Obsession." The actors praise the adaptation for its even perspective and fleshed-out female characters, thanks to Morgan's work. They mention the importance of showing different perspectives, as it adds depth to the story. Both actors found their characters well-written and relatable, with Murphy and Armitage appreciating the lack of clear-cut heroes and villains. They also discuss the intimate scenes and working with an intimacy coordinator, which made them feel more comfortable and allowed them to focus on their acting. The series explores questions of morality, happiness, and challenging societal norms, with both actors hoping that it will encourage viewers to be less judgmental about others' life choices.
Interviewer: Sarah Bradbury (@sarabradbury)
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[@insulareshdxo9454]

Its really very challenging for them. Richard Armitage even he doesn't speak, his body movements and facial expressions are great

[@ridwanseun54]

They are such professionals and had good chemistry.

[@Cynthia-qo9wu]

Great show loved it 😍😍😍

[@trevorlebo946]

They carried the series effortlessly 💖💝

[@juneburns1565]

Brilliant series !❤

[@dikoy1219]

I love you so much charlie murphy❤😍😘
Intense movie love it specially the sex scene, deserve to give a award, excellent!!!😍...,hope you visit here in the philippines..forever fun..🇵🇭w/ love...i will get in touch to all your movies😘

[@Dallasdeckard]

Rather poor adaptation of the book, but good performances from Charlie Murphy and Armitage. Much better than Fatal Attraction, though, in portraying the devastation of adultery, particularly when it involves people connected with one's family or friends (e.g. sleeping with the wife a a best friend). I did feel in this version we understood Anna a bit more than in the 1992 film, however that isn't necessarily a good thing. The enigmatic quality of her is what makes it all so maddening: Martin's choice to marry her and William's choice to have an affair with her. The worst, however, is the BDSM component. Anna is a character that hates possessiveness, and yet she is going to enjoy being a submissive to William's Dom? She desires for William to dictate things for her (like giving her permission to marry Martyn)? Yet, she sets the rules for their relationship and expects William to obey? I mean, okay, there are folks who are switches, not everyone is a Dom or a sub, but in a relationship of this nature, power dynamics are typically set by the Dom partner. Both parties agree on boundaries, limits and so on, but for one partner to se the rules for the other to obey, and then be the submissive partner, a person who hates possessiveness? I mean, okay, maybe that relationship exists somewhere, but here it just made no sense. BDSM power dynamics are difficult enough for the vanilla community to grasp without conflating them so strangely here. Lastly, the story here is very difficult, painful and tragic and is best to be consumed in novella form (as the original was done) or a movie where one can just swallow it down like distasteful medicine, but to make a mini-series out of it?! Why prolong the agony, when the characters aren't drawn any more richly and the story doesn't contain any more information for us to consume at least as a morality tale, with the bad medicine? Bottom line... a waste of two, really talented leads and a weak adaptation of the powerful, original story.

[@joycefroney6162]

It was a very different film and very sexy.

[@veephil2776]

It was very disturbing & made me feel sick 🤢

[@user-is6de8pp7k]

No need whatsoever for this Trash movie. Makes me sick.