Russell Tovey is one of TV’s great discoveries of the last several years. The British actor seems perpetually cast as the cad, the overly assured fellow whose pride brings him in for a fall — and yet his charm and some innate vulnerable quality a couple of layers down keep us, if not ever on his side, then at least engaged in what lies ahead for him. In “Looking” and “Years and Years,” Tovey’s characters’ missteps pushed the story along, while their sensitivity kept us watching.
He’s now at center stage in “The Sister,” a four-part limited series that first aired on Britain’s ITV and is to appear on Hulu Jan. 22. And it’s he who makes the series — created by Neil Cross of “Luther” and inspired by Cross’s own novel — work, inasmuch as it does. “The Sister,” a suspense story that can at times verge...
He’s now at center stage in “The Sister,” a four-part limited series that first aired on Britain’s ITV and is to appear on Hulu Jan. 22. And it’s he who makes the series — created by Neil Cross of “Luther” and inspired by Cross’s own novel — work, inasmuch as it does. “The Sister,” a suspense story that can at times verge...
- 1/22/2021
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
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