Charlie Cox's new Netflix show asks: what if James Bond put his family before his country?
– it casts a long shadow over homologous projects. How, then, does Treason differentiate itself from the legendary spy’s analogous adventures?
"It gives that sense of competing loyalties," Charman explains."If you’re employed by the state to be an operative or spy, your loyalty is to your country. But, as human beings, your loyalty is really to the people you love and have built a life with. From the beginning, I knew there would be competition within Adam between the things he’s agreed to do for his country and for his family. That makes him flawed.
"He had a morally ambiguous past. He’s made decisions that weren’t made with the strong moral center you think someone in his position would have. In such a high-pressure job, it’s very difficult to know whether you’re making the right call. So him struggling with that and questioning himself over it is what makes him such an interesting character."Of course, Adam’s issues begin with his MI6 promotion, which the mysterious Kara has a major hand in.
"He loves Maddy and he’s loyal to her, but he’s got a past with Kara, which suggests there was more than just a working relationship between them. So there’s emotional drama alongside the plot. You have an inciting incident that leads to some form of exciting action sequence or surprise revelation. In our show, once that happens, we go back to the family, see the fallout from that, and how they manage the perilous merging of these worlds.
Understandably, Charman is acutely aware of the delicate position Treason finds itself in. Some viewers might be turned off by Russia’s seemingly antagonistic role in the miniseries. Equally, Ukrainian national Kurylenko’s portrayal of a Russian spy may make for awkward or even distressing viewing. Charman, though, hopes audiences will give Treason a chance and don’t see the Netflix show as"piggy-backing on a horrible situation".
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