Exclusive: Samuel Adewunmi and Joanne Froggatt talk Spectrum thriller series Angela Black
Now airing on Spectrum (available on-demand, free and without ads) is all six episodes of the limited series ANGELA BLACK, starring Golden Globe® and BIFA-award winner and three times Emmy nominated Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) as Angela, a suburban housewife whose seemingly perfect life isn’t all it appears to be. The ensemble cast also includes Michiel Huisman (The Flight Attendant) in the role of Angela’s husband Olivier and BIFA-award winner Samuel Adewunmi (The Last Tree) who stars as enigmatic stranger, Ed.
Angela’s life appears idyllic: a lovely house in suburban London, days working volunteer shifts at a dog shelter, two beautiful sons and a charming, hard-working husband – Olivier. However, beneath this façade of charmed domesticity, Angela is a victim of domestic violence. Olivier is controlling and brutal; but Angela loves him and he’s the father of her children. She covers her bruises with make- up and fabricates lies to explain away her missing teeth. Until, one day, Angela is approached by Ed – a Private Investigator - and he smashes her already strained domestic life to pieces. Ed reveals Olivier’s deepest secrets to Angela, and she is faced with horrifying truths about her husband and his betrayals being forced to take matters into her own hands.
Froggatt is best known for her role as Anna Bates in the period drama series Downton Abbey. For this role, she received three Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2014. Adewunmi won Most Promising Newcomer at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards as well as receiving a Best Actor nomination for his role in the film The Last Tree. Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales recently spoke with both Adewunmi and Froggatt on their performances in the series.
