{"id":20304,"date":"2024-03-12T08:50:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T12:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T09:29:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T13:29:23","slug":"boat-storys-daisy-haggard-paterson-joseph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/boat-storys-daisy-haggard-paterson-joseph\/","title":{"rendered":"Boat Story\u2019s Daisy Haggard &#038; Paterson Joseph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Penned by Jack and Harry Williams, Two Brothers Pictures\u2019 <em>Boat Story<\/em>\u00a0arrives in the U.S. today on Amazon Freevee. The twisty, darkly comedic thriller played out to critical acclaim in the U.K. on BBC One last November. Distributed by All3Media International, the series follows a pair of strangers\u2014Janet, played by Daisy Haggard (<em>Back to Life<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Breeders<\/em>), and Samuel, portrayed by Paterson Joseph (<em>The Leftovers<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Safe House<\/em>)\u2014as they find themselves in one precarious situation after the next following their discovery of a boatload of cocaine.\u00a0<em>TV Drama <\/em>caught up with Haggard and Joseph to discuss how they approached their roles, working with the Williams brothers and their takes on what\u2019s happening in the global scripted business today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV DRAMA:<\/strong>\u00a0Tell us about how\u00a0<em>Boat Story<\/em>\u00a0landed in your lap. What made you want to say yes?<br \/>\n<strong>HAGGARD:<\/strong>\u00a0We were super lucky, weren\u2019t we, Paterson? The brothers [Harry and Jack Williams] wrote the parts with us in their brains. So, it was one of those lovely things where it really did land in our laps, which doesn\u2019t always happen when you do our job! And then I had the privilege of reading the script and couldn\u2019t stop turning the pages. I was excited by the premise, the writing and the character. It felt like an absolute no-brainer.<br \/>\n<strong>JOSEPH:<\/strong>\u00a0I\u2019d worked with the brothers on\u00a0<em>Rellik<\/em>, not as directors, which they have done this time. It was so convoluted and unusual. And then they mentioned Daisy was in it. I\u2019ve admired Daisy from afar for a long time. I didn\u2019t have to think about it too much. It\u2019s also amazingly flattering when somebody says, We\u2019ve written this with you in mind. I was already in before I even received the scripts properly and went into rehearsals. It was one of those jobs where I thought, I know what this is, but then each day was a surprise. What they delivered was so extraordinary. I\u2019m so glad there was no hesitation in me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV DRAMA:<\/strong>\u00a0How did you get into the headspace of these characters as they start making questionable decisions?<br \/>\n<strong>HAGGARD:<\/strong>\u00a0Where Janet is in her life, it\u2019s set up very clearly that everything is dreadful for her. She\u2019s at complete rock bottom. In terms of getting into their heads, it wasn\u2019t so much that as it\u2019s such an in-the-moment show, if that makes sense. The main thing is you feel like she feels, you feel how Samuel feels, and then the show is happening to them. I like that. I\u2019m not a big thinker. I\u2019m quite instinctive. Everything that happens in it, you\u2019re on this ride, and you can\u2019t get off it. It\u2019s a lovely engine that happens to your performance. There\u2019s this energy behind it that\u2019s propelling and fun to play.<br \/>\n<strong>JOSEPH:<\/strong>\u00a0And also terrifying. I do like to build an arc and say this is what my character is going to be, and he\u2019s going to change into this by the end. But this was one of those where, around about episode two, I went, you\u2019re going to have to let go because you don\u2019t know what\u2019s coming. That\u2019s a great place to perform from. This is the scene, and this is who I am in this scene, this is this next, and this is who I am. When watching it back, it had a flow and a logic. Doing it, it felt like you were just doing one piece of the puzzle but not knowing what the whole picture was. I don\u2019t know that I\u2019d want to do it again, it was so nerve-wracking! But at the same time, the result is extraordinary.<br \/>\n<strong>HAGGARD:<\/strong>\u00a0It means that you can\u2019t plan ahead because you don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen. You\u2019re living it like they would be living it. You\u2019re just going on the journey with them, which means that you have to be relaxed, open and instinctive and play the scenes as they come. Thankfully, we have great writers. You can trust that you\u2019re in good hands.<br \/>\n<strong>JOSEPH:<\/strong>\u00a0Great writers and great performers as well. It\u2019s not everybody\u2019s bag. Some people would like to have things that have sure boundaries. These are the lines, and this is what you\u2019ll do and this is where you\u2019ll go. Everybody just went with it. Sometimes, they\u2019re seeing what we\u2019re doing on screen in the rushes, and they\u2019ll add a little something to [a scene] the night before. So you go, this is a whole new thing. Of course, you moan as an actor. What do they call us collectively? A grumble of actors. Oh no, I\u2019ve got this new scene to learn in only a few hours! And actually, in the end, it turns out to be more spontaneous than anything else.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV DRAMA:<\/strong>\u00a0I\u2019m wondering if the fact that these roles were written with you in mind altered how you prepared for the show.<br \/>\n<strong>HAGGARD:<\/strong>\u00a0It can be a bit harder because you feel like, which parts of me did they want?<br \/>\n<strong>JOSEPH:<\/strong>\u00a0Exactly! What did they see that they thought I was like that?<br \/>\n<strong>HAGGARD:<\/strong>\u00a0If you\u2019ve auditioned for it, you\u2019ve figured it out a bit before. You\u2019re like, oh God, am I going to get it wrong? Are they going to look at me and be like, Oh no, oh gosh, wrong woman. Let\u2019s get someone else!<br \/>\n<strong>JOSEPH:<\/strong>\u00a0The fact that they had us as performers in their heads, I don\u2019t think they locked in any particular character that we\u2019ve ever played. They just knew that we could go there, wherever they might send us. I approached it like Daisy did. How do I play this character? What part of me is this? Can you make it as real as possible, however absurd the character can be? Which part of me is like this person? In this case, it was a delight because you knew that you were being looked after, in a way, by people who respected the work that you can do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV DRAMA:<\/strong>\u00a0You\u2019ve both been in Two Brothers Pictures projects before. Tell me about working with Jack and Harry.<br \/>\n<strong>HAGGARD:<\/strong>\u00a0They did\u00a0<em>Back to Life<\/em>\u00a0with me. They don\u2019t have massive egos, which really helps with the creative process. You can say things to them. It\u2019s an open, lovely dialogue with them. Can I say it like this? Does it feel more natural? They\u2019ll say no if not, yes if so. They know what they want. They know what they\u2019re doing. They\u2019re also open to listening, which is crucial when you\u2019re making something. I love working with them. And they\u2019re super creative. Some elements of the show happened later. Oh, there\u2019s a voiceover? They\u2019re always wanting to make things more interesting and better, constantly challenging themselves, and they don\u2019t settle. They\u2019re very exciting to work with.<br \/>\n<strong>JOSEPH:<\/strong>\u00a0A lot of people, especially British filmmakers, TV makers in particular, have said it\u2019s not a British show in many ways. I don\u2019t know what they quite mean by that, but I do know that the spontaneity of it and unusual events that happen within it, the cul-de-sacs they send characters down and the trap doors that open for characters, are unusual in British drama. It was fun and terrifying at the same time to jump into that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV DRAMA:<\/strong>\u00a0The media business appears to be in a period of uncertainty. Commissions for new shows are down. I\u2019m curious as to how you see what\u2019s happening out there.<br \/>\n<strong>HAGGARD:<\/strong>\u00a0I\u2019ve just been locked away in a room trying to write a new show, so I try to ignore how hard it\u2019s going to be to get that show made! [<em>Laughs<\/em>] Otherwise, I wouldn\u2019t get up in the morning. I\u2019m currently just in a very extreme state of denial! Just tune in to what you want to say. What the next show is, beyond\u00a0<em>Back to Life<\/em>. I haven\u2019t been out in the world in things since\u00a0<em>Boat Story<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Breeders<\/em>. I\u2019m about to poke my head up and realize that it\u2019s tough out there. So maybe I\u2019ll just keep writing and hope for the best! [<em>Laughs<\/em>]\n<strong>JOSEPH:<\/strong>\u00a0I have no doubt that someone\u2019s going to snap up whatever you write, Daisy.<br \/>\n<strong>HAGGARD:<\/strong>\u00a0I don\u2019t feel like that. This is a strange time, isn\u2019t it? I choose to play loud music and go, No! Otherwise, I won\u2019t write. But the industry is still very much going through something.<br \/>\n<strong>JOSEPH:<\/strong>\u00a0We had a couple of big hits. One was the pandemic, which affected so many people in terrible ways. Our profession was no exception. That left a bottleneck of productions that couldn\u2019t go in \u201920 and even in \u201921. There was a flurry in \u201922, and maybe we\u2019re now experiencing the backwash of that. We will always want drama and comedies and entertainment, so we\u2019ll be okay. It may just be we\u2019re in a slightly quiet period. I\u2019ve run off to the circus. I\u2019m doing theater at the moment, and I\u2019ve written a novel. Like Daisy, I\u2019m unaware of what\u2019s happening out there.<br \/>\n<strong>HAGGARD:<\/strong>\u00a0By all accounts, I am aware, but trying to just go, \u201cLa la la!\u201d [<em>Laughs<\/em>]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stars discuss how they approached their roles, working with Jack and Harry Williams and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":20305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,70],"tags":[5363,5365,5367,1348],"class_list":["post-20304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-interviews","category-top-stories","tag-boat-story","tag-daisy-haggard","tag-paterson-joseph","tag-two-brothers-pictures","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Boat Story\u2019s Daisy Haggard &amp; Paterson Joseph - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/boat-storys-daisy-haggard-paterson-joseph\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boat Story\u2019s Daisy Haggard &amp; Paterson Joseph - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The stars discuss how they approached their roles, working with Jack and Harry Williams and more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/boat-storys-daisy-haggard-paterson-joseph\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-12T12:50:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-13T13:29:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/Paterson_Joseph_Daisy_Haggard-324.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/boat-storys-daisy-haggard-paterson-joseph\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/boat-storys-daisy-haggard-paterson-joseph\/\",\"name\":\"Boat Story\u2019s Daisy Haggard & Paterson Joseph - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-12T12:50:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-13T13:29:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/boat-storys-daisy-haggard-paterson-joseph\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/boat-storys-daisy-haggard-paterson-joseph\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/boat-storys-daisy-haggard-paterson-joseph\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Boat Story\u2019s Daisy Haggard &#038; Paterson Joseph\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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