Ray Liotta wasn’t done acting, ‘Black Bird’ producer says: ‘We had plans’
08.07.2022 - 03:01
/ nypost.com
Apple TV+.The six-episode drama, adapted from James Keene’s 2010 book, “In With The Devil,” revolves around Keene (Taron Egerton, “Rocket Man”), a charismatic, armed-to-the-teeth Chicago drug dealer and son of an ex-cop (Ray Liotta in his final role) who, in 1996, is busted and sentenced to 10 years in prison.Shortly thereafter, he’s offered a deal: transfer to a maximum-security prison in Missouri and befriend high-talking, mutton-chopped serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser, “Richard Jewell”). If he can elicit a confession from the next-level-creepy Hall, who’s suspected in the murders of at least 14 young girls, Keene’s sentence will be commuted.
If not, he’ll serve out the rest of his time.Greg Kinnear and Sepideh Moafi co-star as Brian Miller and FBI agent Lauren McCauley, the investigators who put Hall away — and are now revisiting his case for more evidence when he wins an appeal that could set him free … to kill again.“Black Bird” executive producer, writer and showrunner Dennis Lehane (“The Wire,” “Mr. Mercedes”) spoke to The Post about the series and about working with Liotta, who passed away suddenly on May 26 at the age of 67.There were a few things.
One, I have no interest in serial killer mythology — it bores me and annoys me, sometimes. I wasn’t trying to make Larry Hall some sort of pop-culture icon.
If you look at the story, there are poles of masculinity, the most positive being, without a doubt, Greg Kinnear’s character, Brian Miller. That, to me, is the male we should all aspire to become … he’s practical, dogged, he follows the path where it goes and doesn’t have a preconceived narrative, and that’s why he caught Larry Hall.