When it comes
to capturing the essence of a time and place on film or in a
television series, Hollywood stars Delroy Lindo and Jeremy Sisto
say there is no substitute for shooting in the actual location.
Fortunately, the actors get to do just that for their new suspense
drama, "Kidnapped," which is scheduled to air on NBC
Wednesday nights, starting Sept. 20.
In the series, created by "Karen Sisco" and "Lucky
Number Slevin" mastermind Jason Smilovic, Lindo and Sisto
portray investigators charged with bringing home the abducted
teen-age son (Will Denton) of a wealthy Manhattan couple (Dana
Delany, pictured, and Timothy Hutton), while also unraveling
the mysterious circumstances surrounding the boy’s disappearance.
While much of the show takes place in the family’s posh, Upper
East Side apartment – constructed on an enormous sound stage
at Silver Cup Studios in Queens – Lindo and Sisto are also seen
working the case in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint and Williamsburg neighborhoods.
"Of course it impacts your performance because one is responding
naturally to the stimuli of the streets and the stimuli of the
environment," Lindo told reporters during a recent visit
to the "Kidnapped" set. "New York has so much
going for it, in terms of feel You just eat it up; you absorb
it I would say this being a New York story, and the fact that
we are shooting on the streets of New York, just adds to the
authenticity of the whole endeavor."
Sisto echoed Lindo’s sentiments.
"For the show, it’s great to have the New York streets be
such a strong character," Sisto noted. "These characters
kind of only make sense here, right now, anyway."
Although Delany and Hutton have only signed on for one season
of the show, Lindo, who plays an FBI agent, and Sisto, who plays
a private investigator, are expected to return for subsequent
seasons should the series be renewed.
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