Bedlam’s Theo James & David Allison “Feel At Home” In America

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Bedlam may not make its US television premiere until October 8, but star Theo James and creator and writer David Allison were on hand at San Diego Comic-Con to debut the pilot to an audience of hundreds.

This last Saturday, we took a break from the hustle and bustle of the event to talk with both men about the development, production, and genesis of BBC America’s newest supernatural series.

The show, co-produced by BBC America and Red Productions for US distribution, is set at an apartment complex called “Bedlam Heights,” a struggling new development previously occupying a mental asylum. Starring Theo James, Will Young, Charlotte Salt, and Ashley Madekwe, the series revolves around a small group of young roommates (“flat shares” if you want to be accurate) who get a little more than they bargain for from their flat’s previous residents.

Newcomer Theo James, last seen in 2010’s Downton Abbey as Kemal Pamuk, plays Jed Harper, “a flawed hero” with the ability to see and talk to ghosts before they pass on to the other side. On the character, Allison stated “that we were really clear that he didn’t have a super power. He has to deal with each ghost, and he doesn’t know how. He’s not going to just come in, do his stuff, and you know every week that it’s just going to be a nice, simple solution.”

“We wanted it to look dark and creepy but sexy as well. [We wanted to] make it partly look, ‘Wow, this is kind of a place I’d like to live’ and partly, ‘No way would I want to live there.’”

James added, “I suppose you’ve got to see why these people would remain there for longer than a week, because if it was some shit flat with like feces on the floor or something, you wouldn’t hang around, would you? But it’s a lovely apartment, all decked out.”

Allison and James shared a few laughs over the lack of CGI contained within the series. Allison admitted right out of the gate, “It was not a big budget. I would guess we were at about a quarter of a budget as Supernatural. We had to work really hard to think about how we would do that.”

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