“Sugar’s philosophy and his perspective on life are so different from your usual noir detectives,” the “Banshees of Inisherin” star explains.
In film noir projects old and new, you typically know what to expect: moody voiceover narration, bursts of nauseating violence, shadowy cinematography, and a tangled criminal plot that leads its central detective to the darkest corners of its urban setting. While Apple TV+’s seriesboasts an abundance of all those characteristics, it’s set apart by one primary distinction: Its central character, John Sugar, is as far from a hard-boiled detective as you can find in a noir story.
Sugar and one of his closest confidants, Ruby, maintain an outsider perspective in L.A. despite living there for what feels like years. Kirby Howell-Baptiste, who now goes by Kirby, is the actress behind Ruby, who functions as something between Sugar’s commanding officer and girl Friday. Kirby believes that outsider perspective is essential to the series, and is enhanced by filmmaker Fernando Meirelles, the Brazilian director behindwho helmed five of the show’s eight episodes.
“He's quite improvisational,” Kirby confirms. “I think he's probably used to working in that way, so it doesn't feel daunting. The way Fernando and César shoot — it's almost like they're making music as they go along. It is very improvisational, and they also film very, very quickly.”In his pursuit of Olivia, Sugar investigates every corner of the city, leading him to interact with Angelenos from every walk of life.
Farrell continues with a curiosity that beautifully reflects his character in the show. “I believe there's no such thing as a boring human being,” he says. “There are human beings I will bore, and that's more on them than it is on me. There are human beings that will bore me, and that's more about me than it is about them. It's impossible to have, in the nearly 8 billion people on this planet, one singular boring human being. It's just impossible. We are just too complex.
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