{"id":21247,"date":"2024-08-13T09:41:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T13:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bad-monkeys-natalie-martinez-ronald-peet\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T11:38:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T15:38:20","slug":"bad-monkeys-natalie-martinez-ronald-peet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bad-monkeys-natalie-martinez-ronald-peet\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: Bad Monkey\u2019s Natalie Martinez &#038; Ronald Peet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple TV+\u2019s new drama <em>Bad Monkey<\/em>\u00a0bows on the service on August 14, with a fresh episode dropping each Wednesday through October 9. Based on the<em>\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0best-selling novel of the same name by Carl Hiaasen (<em>Hoot<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Flush<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Strip Tease<\/em>), the series stars Vince Vaughn as former detective Andrew Yancy, who was booted from the Miami Police Department and forced to work as a health inspector. When a human arm is fished up by tourists, he can\u2019t help but get involved, with the hope of earning his original job back.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6360320983112\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\n                    loop autoplay\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The case ties together Yancy, a Miami coroner, the widow of the dead wealthy man whose arm was found and a Bahamian with a monkey companion whose home is demolished for a resort development. Natalie Martinez stars alongside Vaughn as coroner Dr. Rosa Campesino, and Ronald Peet plays Bahamian Neville Stafford.<\/p>\n<p>In this interview, Martinez and Peet discuss what drew them to their characters, working with showrunner and writer Bill Lawrence (<em>Ted Lasso<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Scrubs<\/em>) and the deeper themes of the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natalie Martinez and Ronald Peet, stars of Apple TV+\u2019s new series Bad Monkey, discuss with World Screen Newsflash what drew them to their characters, working with showrunner and writer Bill Lawrence (Ted Lasso,\u00a0Scrubs) and the deeper themes of the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[3360,9526,9524,9525],"class_list":["post-21247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-apple-tv","tag-bad-monkey","tag-natalie-martinez","tag-ronald-peet","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Video Interview: Bad Monkey\u2019s Natalie Martinez &amp; 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