{"id":54728,"date":"2024-07-12T20:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T18:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2071235"},"modified":"2024-07-12T23:46:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T21:46:28","slug":"suspect-star-dominic-cooper-breaks-down-his-damaged-season-2-character","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/suspect-star-dominic-cooper-breaks-down-his-damaged-season-2-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect star Dominic Cooper breaks down his \u201cdamaged\u201d season 2 character"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cooper is one of the new stars joining the Channel 4 thriller. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 12 July 2024 at 18:00 PM<\/p>

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The second season of Channel 4 thriller Suspect<\/a> may have a largely different cast than the first outing, but it\u2019s no less starry, with The Gold<\/a>\u2018s Dominic Cooper one of the big-name actors joining the series.<\/p>\n

He is playing Jon, a mysterious new client of Anne-Marie Duff\u2019s character Susannah, who makes a disturbing revelation under hypnosis during a therapy session. Cooper has recently opened up about playing Jon, and called him an \u201cextreme, very damaged person\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWhen we first meet Jon, all is not what it seems. He has this outer layer \u2013 what he\u2019s claiming to be \u2013 and an inner layer, where we see the real him. He holds himself together at first, but we see him unravel. He has a very fun arc\u2026 He visits Susannah originally to help him quit smoking and to undergo a therapy session.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he\u2019s an extreme, very damaged person and in need of serious help. Anne-Marie\u2019s character should not be helping him, but for some reason, they are drawn together. There\u2019s a definite power struggle between the two of them, and it\u2019s interesting to watch how they approach things, both coming from two different worlds of extreme grief and pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Anne-Marie Duff as Susannah Newman and Dominic Cooper as Jon in Suspect<\/span><\/figcaption> Channel 4 \/ Toon Aerts<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

He continued: \u201cIt\u2019s unusual for a show to take you on this much of a journey \u2013 given what Jon and Susannah learn about each other at the start of the first episode to what is revealed at the end is truly staggering. It\u2019s a special first episode. You discover a lot in a very short space of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alongside Cooper, other stars joining for this season include Tamsin Greig, Vinette Robinson, Eddie Marsan, C\u00e9line Buckens, Nicholas Pinnock and Gina McKee, while the only returnees are Duff and Ben Miller.<\/p>\n

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