In the new series, Cox stars as Adam Lawrence, the protagonist who is trained and groomed by MI6 and whose career seems set. But when the past catches up with him in the form of Kara, a Russian spy with whom he shares a complicated past, he is forced to question everything and everyone in his life.<\/p>\n
Soon, a triangular relationship forms between Kara, Adam and his wife, Maddy; three people who are trying to expose each other\u2019s secrets, navigate political and diplomatic relationships, all whilst hanging onto their personal lives and those they love most.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Created and written by Matt Charman (Bridge of Spies) and directed by Louise Hooper (The Sandman, The Witcher) and Sarah O\u2019Gorman (The Witcher, The Last Kingdom), the series lands on the streaming giant in time for peak Christmas viewing.<\/p>\n
But contrary to what viewers may think after watching the trailer, Cox underlined the fact that Treason is not as action-packed as one may assume \u2013 but that\u2019s the point. He said: \u201cWhat Matt Chapman, the writer and showrunner was really interested in, was how someone involved in MI6 and has worked in that area for most of his life, is how it affects the family.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite what the trailer might suggest, because a trailer is a trailer, there\u2019s not a huge amount of action in the show, actually. A lot of it is dealing with the relationships with Adam\u2019s wife and his children and the pressures for someone who lives and works in that world, especially when they come under fire, especially when there\u2019s extreme adversity, how they handle that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was one of the goals, how to set it apart from other shows in that genre.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>It\u2019s hard to think of the spy thriller genre without some reference to revered film franchise James Bond, but when speaking about Treason, Cox admitted that there are major differences between the two.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u200cI\u2019m now a father to young children and I haven\u2019t had children on camera before, so I was really excited about that. So much of this story in the first episodes revolves around the emotional trauma with his [Lawrence\u2019s] daughter, so I was excited from an acting point of view to explore that, to see what it was like to be a father on screen and to dive into those feelings and those relationships.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut if you take James Bond as the pinnacle of spy genre content, what was interesting to me about this was we got to see a little bit more behind the curtain, we got to see some of the quote unquote unflashy elements of what a spy has to deal with, and we get to go home with them.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cWe get to go on a date night with them, he puts the children to bed, and he\u2019s asked pretty pointed questions by his innocent children at times when he\u2019s really quite questioning his own morality.\u201d<\/p>\n
The series, which also stars Oona Chaplin, Ciar\u00e1n Hinds and Tracy Ifeachor, drops on Netflix on Boxing Day.<\/p>\n
Additional reporting by Abby Robinson.<\/em><\/p>\n Treason will stream on\u00a0Netflix<\/a>\u00a0from 26th December 2022.\u00a0<\/strong>Sign up for Netflix from \u00a36.99 a month<\/a>. Netflix is also available on\u00a0Sky Glass<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Virgin Media Stream<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Looking for something else to watch? Visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Christmas double issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now<\/b><\/span> \u2013\u00a0<\/b>subscribe now<\/b><\/span><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/b>Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/b><\/span><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Morgan Cormack Published: Thursday, 22 December 2022 at 12:00 am Daredevil star Charlie Cox is returning to our screens in Netflix MI6 thriller series Treason\u00a0\u2013 and the excitement is only building. Now, in an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com, the actor has revealed more about what fans can expect of the new show, as well […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":27608,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/charlie-cox-on-what-sets-treason-apart-from-bond-style-spy-thrillers.jpg",1440,960,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/charlie-cox-on-what-sets-treason-apart-from-bond-style-spy-thrillers-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/charlie-cox-on-what-sets-treason-apart-from-bond-style-spy-thrillers-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/charlie-cox-on-what-sets-treason-apart-from-bond-style-spy-thrillers-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/charlie-cox-on-what-sets-treason-apart-from-bond-style-spy-thrillers-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/charlie-cox-on-what-sets-treason-apart-from-bond-style-spy-thrillers.jpg",1440,960,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/charlie-cox-on-what-sets-treason-apart-from-bond-style-spy-thrillers.jpg",1440,960,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Morgan Cormack Published: Thursday, 22 December 2022 at 12:00 am Daredevil star Charlie Cox is returning to our screens in Netflix MI6 thriller series Treason\u00a0\u2013 and the excitement is only building. Now, in an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com, the actor has revealed more about what fans can expect of the new show, as well…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/27607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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