BACK FROM THE BRINK
| Published date | 11 June 2022 |
The eight-part drama sees Londoner Paapa take on the role of George; a seemingly ordinary guy who wakes up one day to find himself reliving a day from months ago.
But just when he thinks he is the only one to note what's happened, he is approached, and recruited, by, you guessed it, The Lazarus Project, a secret organisation that has harnessed the ability to turn back time every time the world is at threat of extinction.
Cue nuclear-wielding criminals, endangered loved ones and plenty of make-or-break decisions.
A compelling watch, co-starring Caroline Quentin, The Musketeers and Strike star Tom Burke, The Split's Rudi Dharmalingam, Vigil's Anjli Mohindra and Pure's Charly Clive, it's sure to keep viewers on the edge of their seats.
But just how did Paapa fare starring in it? We hear more from the I May Destroy You actor, himself...
In summary, what is the Lazarus project? It is the brainchild of Joe Barton, one of our great screenwriters who wrote Giri/Haji and has been working on pretty much everything since then.
I suppose at its heart it's a love story set in a world where there's a top-secret organisation who have got the ability to turn back time in order to prevent extinction level events from taking place. So for example: atomic bombs being dropped; worldwide viruses being spread, civil wars happening.
They've got the ability to do a butterfly effect-type turning back of time, and then tinkering in order to stop those things happening. Who is George?
George is an ordinary guy who has a genetic mutation that gives him the ability to be involved in that time tinkering process.
He gets invited in to this organisation, but then something traumatic happens in his personal life.
The show follows his journey of what he's willing to do - with the great responsibility that he's given - in order to either address his personal pain or look after the global issues of the world.
What happens when you're put in that position and you can look after number one, or you can look after everybody? It's kind of that thing of when you've got two trains on the train track and one of them is gonna hit a baby, or one of them is gonna hit a truck full of people. It's the socalled trolley problem in philosophy. How do you get into the headspace of a guy with powers? Yeah, it's interesting, because it's slightly different from a...
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