The new Netflix comedy series is based on the Oscar-nominated documentary “The Mole Agent.”
I just was like, goddamn, that was so good."
We should do that.'"
Ted Danson as Charles on ‘A Man on the Inside’.Colleen E. Hayes/Netflix
“It was a no-brainer idea that I guess proves that I have no brain,” Schur jokes.
That is a perfect idea."
I just wanted to make a bigger deal out of the case, he explains.
Sally Struthers as Virginia, Danielle Kennedy as Helen, John Getz as Elliot, Susan Ruttan as Gladys, and Ted Danson as Charles on ‘A Man on the Inside’.Colleen E. Hayes/Netflix
I wanted the P.I.
to be more involved.
“So I thought that the biggest thing we needed to add was the character of his daughter.
Stephen McKinley Henderson as Calbert and Ted Danson as Charles on ‘A Man on the Inside’.Colleen E. Hayes/Netflix
And same with people in my generation.
That was the enriching agent that I thought was the most crucial to add.”
“His name is Calbert.
“It’s very different from everything else I’ve done,” he says.
All eight episodes ofA Man on the Insidedrop in November on Netflix.
