He’s so not of that genre, as far as his energy and as far as his outlook.
Sugars philosophy and his perspective on life are so different from your usual noir detectives.
They are kind of discovering Los Angeles in it, and it feels so iconic but not typical.
Colin Farrell in ‘Sugar’.Apple TV+
It’s not the stuff that you’ve seen before.
Farrell thinks the outsider point-of-view aptly reflects the city itself.
And so I think we were just leaning into what already exists here.
Kirby and Colin Farrell in ‘Sugar’.Apple TV+
The human being fascinates him.
It’s so kaleidoscopic.
We only had two scripts that were fully completed when we started shooting, Farrell says.
Amy Ryan and Colin Farrell in ‘Sugar’.Apple TV+
I think it probably suited Fernando more than anyone because Fernando loves things on the fly.
He’s quite improvisational, Kirby confirms.
I think he’s probably used to working in that way, so it doesn’t feel daunting.
The way Fernando and Cesar shoot it’s almost like they’re making music as they go along.
It is very improvisational, and they also film very, very quickly.
He almost felt kind of vanilla.
I was like, Where’s the edge?
Because you’ve got the option to’t just play sincerity or earnestness.
But everyone’s got a story.
Everyone’s got a history.
Farrell continues with a curiosity that beautifully reflects his character in the show.
I believe there’s no such thing as a boring human being, he says.
There are human beings I will bore, and that’s more on them than it is on me.
It’s just impossible.
We are just too complex.
We’re too complicated.
And so it was fun to try and figure out.
Sugarpremieres Friday, April 5, on Apple TV+.
