While the show\u2019s other characters have plenty to do, much of the focus rests solely on Liv, who is played by Doctor Who<\/a>\u2018s Jenna Coleman.<\/p>\n RadioTimes.com<\/a> caught up exclusively with the writer and director behind Wilderness<\/a>, Marnie Dickens and So Yong Kim, and the pair were full of praise for their \u201cmasterful\u201d star.<\/p>\n When asked whether she knew Coleman before casting her in the show, Dickens said: \u201cI\u2019d not known her personally \u2013 I wish I had \u2013 but I\u2019d obviously known her work and admired it for many, many years.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had all six scripts written, which was really important because it\u2019s so twisty-turny, so it felt important to have the architecture quite early on, before we approached cast.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd Liz [executive producer Elizabeth Kilgarriff] had worked with her before on The Cry, and so it just felt like a really natural place to go to. So we did.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then we had separate conversations, I had a conversation with her. She\u2019s so thoughtful and intelligent about her craft and the character.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the show\u2019s director, Kim, said: \u201cI didn\u2019t know her work as well as Marnie and Liz, but I watched The Cry and Serpent, and she\u2019s amazing, she\u2019s so talented.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then we had a wonderful Zoom talking about the character and what we were looking to do. And she was spot on as far as her interpretation of her journey, Liv\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThen we started to work together and she was so incredible. I don\u2019t think I knew exactly the range of her talent until we started shooting, because we block shot six episodes together, so there were days when we cover four to five episodes within a day of shooting.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd she would be so spot on with each scene, and she gave so much care and of herself into it. It was just masterful, there\u2019s no other word for her work. And, of course, there\u2019s Oliver [Jackson-Cohen, co-star] to balance her out. Watching them work together on and off set was a real treat for me.\u201d<\/p> Wilderness is based on the 2019 novel of the same name<\/a> by B E Jones, but, while speaking with RadioTimes.com<\/strong>, Dickens made clear that the narrative on-screen takes a \u201cbig detour<\/a>\u201d from the one in the book.<\/p> ![\"Jenna](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/Wilderness-PrimeVideo-JennaColeman-821ac07.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Wilderness-PrimeVideo-JennaColeman\\"\/")
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