The Capture writer breaks silence on that shocking [spoiler] twist in season 3 premiere
"It feels personal to Carey," said Holliday Grainger of that destabilising moment in The Capture season 3's opening episode.
It’s been four years since the BBC’s deepfake crime drama, The Capture, last aired, but creator Ben Chanan isn’t holding back from diving straight back into the action.
In the first episode, Carey (Holliday Grainger) is faced with a new threat as a terrorist attack hits a press conference about a new two-way camera surveillance system that can’t be hacked and abused by Correction.
Carey is the only eye-witness on the scene, who sees the single gunman’s face, after he fatally shoots returning favourite Isaac Turner (Paapa Essiedu) in the head.
The brutal attack propels Carey to tirelessly hunt down the real attacker, as every piece of phone and camera footage has been corrected to show a deepfake of a different man.
Speaking to Radio Times about Isaac’s tragic death, Chanan explained: "You see why in episode six, he, according to certain forces, had to go. But, it's really all about kickstarting the next journey for Carey.
"She obviously really got on with Isaac and she cares about him, and there's even a little frisson between them. So, when he gets shot and killed, it's personal. It feels personal to Carey."
Holliday Grainger, who plays the ever-resilient Rachel Carey, teased that she may have met her match this season with newcomer Killian Scott, who plays Noah Pierson.
"He is brilliant in this and a joy to watch, because his character is complicated," Grainger said. "To watch his character choices was really fun, because he had the scope to go places, he’' so hard to knock out of the way.
"He plays such a great, interesting character and he does it so brilliantly that it kept me on my toes."
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In a dramatic twist at the end of the first episode, it is revealed that the shooter Carey saw kill Isaac was in fact the same man who has now been appointed as her Commander, Noah.
Even with her proven track record of being right about corporate cover-ups, no one believes Carey’s story, but she doesn’t give up on her fight to convince others of Noah’s corruption.
"I love her assuredness in herself,” Grainger said. "She's not a people pleaser, she doesn't tread lightly on things and she definitely has a steely backbone and she trusts herself and not a lot of other people."
The first episode of The Capture season 3 is available now on BBC iPlayer – new instalments will be released at 6am every Sunday, before airing on BBC One at 9pm the same evening.
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