{"id":5715,"date":"2016-03-08T12:12:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T17:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/video-interview-with-hap-and-leonards-james-purefoy\/"},"modified":"2016-03-08T12:20:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T17:20:07","slug":"video-interview-with-hap-and-leonards-james-purefoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/video-interview-with-hap-and-leonards-james-purefoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview with Hap and Leonard\u2019s James Purefoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: James Purefoy, co-star of <em>Hap and Leonard<\/em>, tells TV Drama about the 1980s-set show, billed as a \u201cdarkly comic swamp noir\u201d with two unlikely best friends, a get-rich-quick scheme and plenty of eccentric characters.<\/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=\"4791546778001\" \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>James Purefoy was already a prominent television and stage actor in the U.K. when he found fame in the U.S. with his role on HBO\u2019s <em>Rome<\/em>. He went on to play the lead in the NBC summer series <em>The Philanthropist<\/em>, where he met Michael K. Williams of <em>The Wire<\/em> and <em>Boardwalk Empire<\/em> fame. Last year, fresh off his stint playing serial killer Joe Carroll in FOX\u2019s <em>The Following<\/em>, Purefoy was back on set with Williams for <em>Hap and Leonard<\/em>. Nick Damici and Jim Mickle penned the six-part series for SundanceTV, based on the set of books by Joe R. 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