“Bad Sisters,” now streaming on Apple TV+, opens with the funeral of John Paul Williams. His 10-hour episode of the show reveals how he died and whether his four sisters-in-law had a hand in that death.
It soon becomes apparent that John Paul had long been mentally abusing his wife and terrorizing his sisters. Created by Sharon Hogan, Dave Finkel, and Brett Bear, the show tells a “serious story about the damage that rips out from an angry and devious man.”
But like Hogan’s previous show, “Catastrophe,” “Bad Sisters” is dark and funny. this is,”OutlawIn a recent video interview, Hogan found the setting of four sisters who try (and fail) to kill their stepbrothers to be “comical in nature,” and also noted the strong sisterly bond. She explains that she has her own four siblings who have her back “no matter what”.
Hogan, who also stars as her eldest daughter, Eva, changed some aspects of the Belgian original.
She also adapted the character of John Paul played by Cress Bang in several ways. Hogan drew on a variety of references, including other TV shows, Rome Her Catholic Church, and contemporary politics, to transform him into a charming, terrifying, and familiar villain.
Jean-Claude from “The Family”
In “Klan”, the deceased brother-in-law is Jean-Claude Delcorps, played by Dirk Rooftoot. Hogan retained the nicknames for his brother-in-law’s sisters. However, she changed the character’s appearance and thus the way he navigated the world. Bang’s John Paul is polite and pays a lot of attention to his appearance – he called Hogan a “charming abuser.”
John Paul is conceited and arrogant, but outside the home he is often embarrassed or dismissed. Throughout the series, he panders to his boss for his promotion while his colleagues talk about how mean he is.
“I don’t know if it’s Shakespeare,” said Hogan. I like that he was an incredibly controlling and dangerous person, but he was also a helpless person at times. ”
nordic coldness
Hogan always knew that John Paul wasn’t entirely Irish.
She specifically wanted her brother-in-law to be from Scandinavia so that she could integrate into the character “a certain coldness and a certain warmth at the same time” associated with the region. Bad Sisters, he said he also wanted to mention the gritty crime dramas known in production countries such as Denmark and Sweden.
Before every episode was written, she cast Ban, a Danish actor, as John Paul. Told.
Finding a Danish actress to play John Paul’s mother Minna proved difficult, and Hogan cast Swedish actress Nina Noren for the role. Bang also speaks Swedish, so John Paul is now Swedish. Minna is candid about her, which is reflected in the clean lines and classic Scandinavian design of her home, as well as how she tells her revelations about John Paul’s childhood. It has been.
Roman Catholic Church
Hogan also made John Paul a staunch Roman Catholic and gave his daughter a 10-week-old fetal foot pin, an international anti-abortion symbol, before her confirmation.
Growing up in Ireland, the Catholic Church played a big role in Hogan’s life, she said, adding that historically, people in the church sometimes committed evil deeds under the guise of morality. Also in Ireland, widespread child sexual abuse by Catholic priests was revealed. In the 20th century, a woman was effectively imprisoned and forced to work unpaid in her laundry in Magdalene by order of Catholic nuns in Ireland.
“The church was more important than the individual,” Hogan said of both of these atrocities. “The cover-up was more important than the victim.”
She applied this concept of morality to John Paul. He considers himself a soldier against sin, however hypocritical it may be. In episode 3, he tricks one of his cheating sisters into sending him intimate photos, which he takes advantage of and keeps. What his sister is doing is wrong, Hogan said, but John Paul says he watches porn too often and refuses to have an ’emotional relationship with his wife’ never question it.
“Dangerous Sexy Man”
Hogan also tapped into the television tradition of “dangerous sexy men.” eventually killed. He was “very attractive on the outside, but also sexually dangerous,” Hogan said, admitting it to Don Draper in “Mad Men.”
Hogan made John Paul as terrifying as these characters, but to no avail. Said. “These men can get away with it because it happens so often behind closed doors. It’s always a shock, isn’t it?”
Hogan also learned from the characters Aunt Lydia in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and Cersei Lannister in ‘Game of Thrones’ how they power up, and the temperature rises every time they step onto the scene. “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Game of Thrones” both create moments that prompt viewers to empathize with Lydia and Cersei. “It makes the character more unsettling,” Hogan said.
In the case of John Paul, his presence in the scene poses danger to his sisters as soon as possible, but you can also see that he cares about his daughter. It’s also much more subtle,” Hogan said.
Republican Party
“I wouldn’t say Trump had an impact,” Hogan said. Former President Donald J. Trump “is a clown and is so weak and conceited that he may not seem so dangerous,” she said, feeling those qualities resemble those of John Paul. She also drew similarities between her brother-in-law and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
John Paul decided he was wrong while engaging in questionable behavior of his own, including lying to his boss, threatening his sister-in-law, and falsely accusing a neighbor he disliked. Based on that, they systematically try to beat the people around them. he is a pedophile.
Hogan says we’ve seen this kind of justice across the Republican Party in recent years. “There are other members of the Republican Party that look more terrifying, people who are clearly trying to restrict women’s liberty while at the same time acting morally questionable.”