Domhnall Gleeson has said he is relishing his role as villain Jackie Lawson in the acclaimed new thriller Echo Valley, coming to Apple TV+ on Friday 13 June.
Gleeson stars opposite Julianne Moore, Sydney Sweeney, and Fiona Shaw in the "gripping tale of love, sacrifice, and survival".
Watch: The trailer for Echo Valley
Speaking at the film's European premiere at BFI Southbank in London on Tuesday, Gleeson said: "It was a chance to do a totally different sort of character. He's very threatening in a very unusual sort of way.
"[It was] a chance to work with Julianne and Sydney and our fantastic director Michael [Pearce (Beast)]. And the script was amazing. Brad [Ingelsby (Mare of Easttown, The Way Back)], who wrote the script, is fantastic. Across the board, [it was] an incredible opportunity, and I loved it."
David Obzud, the Chief of the Easttown Police Department in Eastown Township, Pennsylvania, who worked on True Detective and Mare of Easttown, was a technical advisor on Echo Valley, and Gleeson also saluted him on the red carpet.
"Brad [Ingelsby], the writer, had worked with Chief Dave, who's chief of police, on the script. And so, I went on a sort of... it wasn't a ride-along, but he brought me around a few neighbourhoods to try and get some research done. I found that really interesting, and [he] talked me through some case files and stuff like that, and [I] looked at a lot of videos.
"It was fun. It was fun trying to make the character real, because he could just be a typical bad guy, but it was nice to make him real."
Echo Valley is on Apple TV+ from Friday.
