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The show stars Oscar-winner Gary Oldman in the
role of Jackson Lamb, a quick-witted but ill-mannered head of a
team of intelligence officers who have been relegated to MI5's
agent graveyard "Slough House" after committing public slip-ups
such as leaving classified documents on a train or sleeping with
an ambassador's wife.
Among them is River Cartwright (Jack Lowden), the grandson of a
revered and now retired agent (Jonathan Pryce), who recently
bungled a high-profile training exercise. Eager to redeem
himself and return to the Regent's Park headquarters, Cartwright
sees his chance when a young Muslim student is kidnapped and a
washed-up journalist leads him on the abductors’ tracks.
But first he must get the mission past his unkempt, flatulent
boss, who seems more interested in getting drunk and insulting
his staff than doing any work.
"I don't know if I like Jackson Lamb but I certainly really love
playing him,” Oldman told Reuters as he attended the series'
premiere in London.
“He is slovenly. He's a chain smoker, alcoholic, I would imagine
he probably smells a bit like an ashtray. Sticky, sweaty, greasy
hair. Yeah, playing Jackson Lamb's like easing yourself into
dirty bath water.”
"I laugh. I just laugh, and we hope that we get a take where I
don't laugh," said Lowden of acting opposite the 64-year-old.
Based on Mick Herron’s first novel in the series of "Slough
House" books, the six-part show follows the failed spies
carrying out monotonous daily tasks and dodging offers for
after-work drinks.
"It's a character piece set in an office ... it's not the sort
of fantastical world of James Bond,” said Oldman.
"At its essence it's a sort of office workplace drama that
happens to be in the world of espionage. It's probably as close
as you get to what it's actually like to work for the services,"
added Lowden.
The show, which features The Rolling Stones frontman Mick
Jagger's first TV theme song, also stars Kristen Scott Thomas,
Olivia Cooke and Rosalind Eleazar among its ensemble cast. A
second season has already been filmed.
“Slow Horses” starts streaming on Apple TV+ on April 1.
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala; Editing by Stephen Coates)
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