According to ScreenRant, the showrunner of the new Apple TV thriller Nocturne addresses why Tom Hardy (Venom, Peaky Blinders) is exiting the series. The series based on a novel by author Lars Kepler and centers on a veteran and homicide detective who discovers that a serial killer is targeting the town he moved to. Showrunner John Hlavin (The Man Who Fell to Earth, Underworld: Awakening) addresses Hardy’s exit and how Liev Schreiber (The Perfect Couple, Salt) joined the cast. Hardy was seen to have had early involvement in the series and has not been involved in further development.
John Hlavin said via ScreenRant, “In a number of ways, and all positive, Liev is a frighteningly intelligent guy, and he’s got a thousand details in his head at any given moment. You really have to be thinking about the details. His number one goal is to be authentic. The very first day we shot, the very first scene we shot, it’s in the pilot, is him walking through the woods; he’s looking at a map. I don’t know if you’ve ever been to Pennsylvania; it was like 150% humidity. It was like 90 degrees.
“It was July. It was incredibly hot. And he was wearing a Carhartt, a lined jacket. We weren’t friends. We were just colleagues. I said, ‘Hey, would you like us to remove the lining and try to lighten your load?’ He goes, ‘No.’ And he had a backpack on and a gun. I go, ‘It’s very hot.’ He goes, ‘Yeah, it’s real.’ He goes, ‘It’s what’s happening. So I’m going to play…’ That early conversation informed a lot of what any adjustments we made were like. Liev is not interested in anything that is not real. And that was also true for Jonah in a way. Almost everything you see him do in the show is from the place of authenticity. He won’t do something that’s not real. So that’s the way that primarily we found ourselves looking at it. Now that we have someone who’s willing to do all this, let’s turn the gas up and see what happens,” Hlavin continued via ScreenRant.
Nocturne is available to stream on Apple TV.