Series: “Paradise”, a diabolically effective thriller

To hit the bull’s eye, a trailer must tickle curiosity, make you want to worship or hate the characters, in short, to stir up the desire and the impatience to immerse themselves 100% in the plot. Which obviously implies not showing everything, manipulating, or even cheating by passing Tar for bar.

In this regard, the successive launches of “Paradise” are models of the genre. Because if it is indeed a question of the murder of the President of the United States (James Marsden), of a high-tension investigation, of a mysterious omnipresent advisor (Julianne Nicholson), of a suspect who wants to prove his innocence (Sterling K. Brown) and terrible state secrets, the eight episodes of this minister written by the very talented Dan Fogelman (to whom we owe in particular “this is us”) take place a much more complex story. And less Manichean, agreed, view, revised and re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-use that it seems in the trailers… Which also advise mischievously not to trust appearances.

Met virtually a few days ago, Sterling K. Brown, Julianne Nicholson and James Marsden abound. Travous that no secret is fanned, visibly very amused at the idea of ​​maintaining the vagueness, they still deliver some clues between false tracks and winks to their respective characters …

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As said above, the American president was found murdered in his bedroom. The Special Agent Collins, responsible for his security, is a priori the last person to have seen him alive. We see her coming big like the White House, he becomes the suspect n^o 1. Is it guilty? If not, who, why? “Ah no, no, no, laughs Julianne Nicholson. No question of saying more! I had so much pleasure in discovering revelations and the drafts by reading the script that I do not want to spoil the surprises concocted by Dan Fogelman, it would not be fair. ” In a teasing tone, citing one of the recurring replicas of her character, the troubled Samantha Redmond, she slides: “I am not a monster!”

Good princes, his acolytes agree to lift a (very small) sailing corner: “Well, begins Sterling K. Brown,” Paradise “is first of all a thriller since, until the very end, we do not Not knowing who murdered President Bradford. But in parallel with this, various narrative arches develop and revolve around geopolitical, security, environmental, relational, family, societal, moral questions … “

In the skin of Xavier Collins, a hero-biscooteaux far removed from the unforgettable and overwhelming Randall Pearson which he embodied in “This is us”, he adds: “It is a fiction that raises very current issues. In this case, making certain political decisions had consequences … which I cannot speak of! Let’s say that the circumstances are very extreme here but unfortunately not unrealistic. For once, I think the public can therefore easily ask: “What if …? What would I do if I was confronted with that? ”

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“The community portrayed in the series evolves in a setting that is presented as a paradise,” explains James Marsden. On the surface, everything seems idyllic and this can indeed look like it. But perfection is not of this world and when you scratch the varnish, Patatras, we leave the Garden of Eden, we find ourselves in a very Orwellian, very “1984” universe. Which demonstrates once again, if necessary, that hell is paved with good intentions! ”

The main characters

Xavier Collins, father of Presley and James, very in love with his wife, is a relative of President Bradford, who greatly appreciates him. Is the reciprocal valid? Anyway, Bradford, full of paradoxes, smoker, whiskey lover, “terribly human and therefore terribly imperfect”, sighs James Marsden, is taken in whirlwinds of events that go beyond him. Over the episodes, according to temporal back and forth, we follow his questions, his bubbles and his desire to make the right decision. A task not always easy when Samantha “Sinatra” Redmond gets involved. Who is it and what role does it play precisely in the Bradford administration, it, precisely? Little by little, the mystery clears. Of course, any resemblance to a multimillionaire from tech priced in politics is fortuitous and involuntary! Julianne Nicholson smiles: “It’s true, it’s disturbing, and this vision of the world may seem quite dark and desperate. Nevertheless, even in disastrous circumstances, light can shine! ” What does she mean by this concretely? She doesn’t say it. To find out, it only remains to wait Tuesday, January 28 to immerse yourself in “Paradise” on Disney+…

Saskia Galitch has been a journalist since 1987. Currently in Femina and in the morning on Sunday, she collaborated on the sections of society, culture, well-being and health or science.More info

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