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"Spooks: The Greater Good" stars some of the original drama
cast, such as Peter Firth, as well as new faces including "Game
of Thrones" actor Kit Harington.
The BBC series, which ran from 2002 to 2011, won many fans as
well as numerous awards and Harington says the film stays true
to the spirit of the spy show.
"I think 'Spooks' always wanted to be a film. It wanted to have
the big explosion. It wanted to have the sweeping shot of
London. It wanted to have bigger action scenes," he said during
a promotional interview.
"So, what's similar is that it's still a gritty, spy thriller
based in London and still in a very real world. What's different
is that it's bigger on scope. We got to do things in this that
they couldn't do in the TV show."
The film follows Firth's character, Sir Harry Pearce, as he
tries to find a traitor inside MI5 who may have helped a
convicted militant escape from custody in London.
Pearce has to go underground to get the help of Will Holloway,
played by Harington, whom he decommissioned from the service
years before, to find out who betrayed the agency.
"Spooks" was known for killing off major characters, especially
at unexpected times, also a feature in popular HBO series "Game
of Thrones."
"It pre-dated 'Thrones' and it did things that we're ('Game of
Thrones') now credited for (doing in) changing drama," Harington
said. "I think there's always shows before really huge ones that
do that and I think 'Spooks' did do that."
"Spooks: The Greater Good" hits UK cinemas on Friday.
(Reporting By Francis Maguire; Writing by Francis Maguire and
Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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