You are going to see a wholly totally different Monica Raymund in Starz‘s new crime drama, Hightown, concerning the harrowing dependancy and opioid disaster plaguing Provincetown, the small city positioned on the northern tip of Cape Cod.
Raymund stars as Jackie Quiñones, a lesbian Nationwide Marine Fisheries Service agent whose hedonistic way of life is upended when she finds a useless physique on the seashore. Jackie’s out-of-control life makes her a far cry from Raymund’s most up-to-date TV position, Chicago Fire‘s largely put-together paramedic Gabby Dawson. For Raymund, the position was a chance to not solely play somebody totally different but in addition to characterize the LGBT neighborhood with a daring new story.
“There can’t be sufficient tales about and led by LGBT characters,” Raymund, who’s bisexual, informed TV Information. “The truth that that is beginning to turn into extra mainstreamed and normalized is a large step ahead for my neighborhood. And any time I get to characterize my neighborhood, I soar on it.”
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Decided to unravel the case on her personal whereas additionally working to get sober, Jackie will discover herself butting heads with Ray Abruzzo (James Badge Dale), a sergeant with the Cape Cod Interagency Narcotics Unit who operates in a grey space. “Jackie and Ray, they repel one another [but they’re also] like-minded,” James Badge Dale defined. “Not directly, Jackie is Ray and Ray is Jackie. As a lot as they can not stand one another, there may be this recognition of ‘you are like me.'”
Based on creator Rebecca Cutter, Jackie’s unapologetic methods had been partly impressed by Jon Hamm‘s position in Mad Men. “I simply has this picture of this lady who’s a bit bit like Don Draper, this lady with these appetites however she’s not ashamed of them,” Cutter mentioned.
Hightown is a character-driven drama that begins with a homicide however will not precisely be a whodunit story. As a substitute, the present will deal with its dynamic characters and the way they’re related to the rising disaster of their city. The collection additionally stars Riley Voelkel (The Originals), Shane Harper (Code Black), Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break), and Atkins Estimond (Lodge 49).
Though Raymund is about to start a brand new journey as Jackie, she hasn’t dominated out the potential for returning to Chicago Hearth because the beloved paramedic. “The door is at all times open,” she mentioned. “Proper now I am working with Starz, however that is not an extended shoot so we’ll see what occurs.”
Hightown premieres Sunday, Could 17 at 8/7c on Starz.
