Obsession (2023 TV series)

 

A man's desperate obsession and scandalous love affair. He is a man who appears to have everything: wealth, a beautiful wife and children, and a prestigious political career in Parliament. But his life lacks passion, and his aching emptiness drives him to an all-consuming, and ultimately catastrophic, relationship with his son's fiancée.

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Richard Armitage said his full frontal nude scene was a liberating experience to film. He was warned that it will be challenging, but he told them it'll be fine. "I'll approach this like a European, like how the French deal with cinema, see their view of the human body and their view of relationships and intimacy. They're much more relaxed." He added that it "really was" liberating to be nude on the series, admitting: "My attitude is 'It's the body, it's the human body'. Just be a little bit laissez-faire about it. If you are uncomfortable with it, then it's your problem. Don't be uncomfortable about it."

Cast

• Charlie Murphy as Anna Barton
• Richard Armitage as William Farrow
• Indira Varma as Ingrid Farrow
• Rish Shah as Jay Farrow
• Pippa Bennett-Warner as Peggy Graham
• Sonera Angel as Sally Farrow
• Anil Goutum as Edward
• Marion Bailey as Elizabeth Barton
• Celine Arden
• Isla Jackson-Ritchie
• Francesca Knight
• Gregg Barnett
• Victor Pontecorvo
• Letty Thomas
• Kerim Hassan

Production

The series is produced by Gaumont Film Company and Moonage Productions. Gina Carter is producer with Moonage’s Matthew Read and Frith Triplady, and Gaumont’s Alison Jackson as executive producers. Armitage, Varma, Murphy and Shah were cast in spring 2022 when the production had the working title Damage.[3]

It was co-written by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and Benji Walters and based on the book Damage by Josephine Hart. The novel was adapted into the 1992 film Damage starring Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson and Jeremy Irons. Richardson's performance garnered her the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.[4] Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D'Sa were directors on the series. Filming locations included a set at Twickenham Film Studios.[5]

The four-part series has been described as an ‘erotic thriller’.[6] Discussing the sex scenes within the project Lloyd Malcolm told Zoe Williams of The Guardian that “The book is so particular about the kind of sex they’re having and the way they do it and how that feeds into their relationship.” She added that “it has to be quite a vanilla version of kink, because it’s mainstream TV” but it “was really important to me to not be saying anything like: ‘BDSM sex is bad sex,