Liaison is a British-French thriller television series written by Virginie Brac, directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Vincent Cassel and Eva Green. It premiered on 24 February 2023 on Apple TV+.
Premise
A thriller following French spies and terrorists.
Cast
- Vincent Cassel as Gabriel Delage, AlisonâÂÂs former lover, a mercenary for Telkis and a former French Foreign Legion and DGSE operative
- Eva Green as Alison Rowdy, DelageâÂÂs Anglo-French former lover and a Home Office Special Adviser to the Minister of Security
- Peter Mullan as Richard Banks, the Minister of State for Security
- Gérard Lanvin as Alain Dumas, the CEO of private security firm Telkis, former DGSE commander and DelageâÂÂs superior
- Daniel Francis as Albert Onwori, a human rights lawyer and Alison's current partner
- Stanislas Merhar as Didier Taraud, a senior adviser to the French President and head of an Elysee Palace taskforce set up to counter the powers of the DGSE.
- Irène Jacob as Sophie Saint-Roch, the Director of the DGSE
- Laëtitia Eïdo as Sabine Louseau, Taraud's mistress and a senior aide in the European Commission
- Eriq Ebouaney as Bob Foret, a board member of private security firm Antropa
- Patrick Kennedy as Mark Bolton OBE, CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre
- Bukky Bakray as Kim Onwori, Albert's teenage daughter
- Olivia Popica as Hobbs, a Detective Inspector in the Metropolitan Police SO15
- Patrick Malahide as Jack Rowdy, AlisonâÂÂs father, a former British Army Major General and NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
- Aziz Dyab as Samir Hamza, a Syrian hacker and WalidâÂÂs younger cousin
- Marco Horanieh as Walid Hamza, a Syrian hacker and SamirâÂÂs older cousin
- Lyna Dubarry as Myriam Hamza, SamirâÂÂs wife and mother of his child
- Thierry Frémont as the President of France
- Tchéky Karyo as Joseph Miller, the CEO of Antropa
Episodes
Production
Development
In June 2021, it was announced that Apple TV+ had greenlit Liaison, marking the platform's first "Anglo-French" production. Stephen Hopkins is directing, Virginie Brac is writing, and Gub Neal and Jean Benoit Gillig are executive producing. Additional executive producers include Hopkins, Sarada McDermott, Justin Thomson, and Ed Barlow, with Joanie Blaikie and Eric Jollant producing. It is co-produced by Ringside Studios and Léonis Productions.
Casting
It was announced alongside the main series announcement in June 2021 that Vincent Cassel and Eva Green would star. Also cast were British actors Peter Mullan, Daniel Francis, and Bukky Bakray and French actors Gérard Lanvin, Stanislas Merhar, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Laëtitia Eïdo, Eriq Ebouaney and Thierry Frémont.
Filming
Principal photography began in London in June 2021.
Reception
On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating, the series has received an average score of 48 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
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