Curfew’s Sean Bean, Billy Zane & More

Talking to TV Drama‘s Mansha Daswani, Curfew’s Sean Bean, Billy Zane, Malachi Kirby and Phoebe Fox explain what drew them to the project, how they prepared—or wish they’d prepared—for the action-packed series and why it’s like nothing else on television.

As for the creative trio of Will Gould, Frith Tiplady and Colm McCarthy, they discuss how the idea for the street-racing drama came about, what convinced them that it was better-suited for the small screen and the coup of landing the likes of Bean, among others, to make the idea come to life.

In a post-apocalyptic world riddled with deadly nocturnal creatures, an annual event allows for the citizens of a totalitarian state to participate in the potentially life-changing race that’s at the center of Curfew. The prize at the end of the nighttime contest, which stretches from London to Scotland’s northernmost point, is said to be freedom from the government and its mandated curfew on a creature-free island. Among the participants in the battle royale is The General, played by Game of Thrones alum Bean, and Zane’s Joker Jones cowboy character. Kirby, Fox, Adam Brody and Miranda Richardson are also among the star-studded cast of the eight-part series, executive produced for Tiger Aspect Productions by Gould and Tiplady in association with their new indie production venture Moonage Pictures, and directed by McCarthy.

Curfew, which is distributed by Sky Vision, premieres on February 22 in the U.K. on Sky One and NOW TV.