The Power's Eddie Marsan on Roxy and Bernie's relationship
The Power star Eddie Marsan has spoken about his character Bernie Monke in the Prime Video series.
The series, which is based off of Naomi Alderman's novel of the same name, follows what happens after teenage girls all over the world develop the ability to electrocute people at will. Marsan plays Bernie – a violent London based crime boss with a daughter, Roxy (Ria Zmitrowicz).
Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, Marsan has revealed the advice Alderman gave him when playing the character.
"I worked extensively with her on creating the character," the actor said. "When I was working on Bernie, she gave me a life history of Bernie."
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The actor also revealed the historical figures which inspired the relationship, adding: "She gave me a great tip that the relationship between Roxy and Bernie was inspired by the relationship between Henry the Eighth and Queen Elizabeth the First, which I always thought was a brilliant point of reference.
"That's why there's a lot of tension and secrecy in the scenes."
Zmitrowicz also gave her thoughts on the relationship between the two characters, explaining that she enjoyed playing a "gangster's daughter".
"I think Roxy is kind of one of these characters where she thrives in the kind of chaos and anarchy and that kind of follows her wherever she goes," she said.
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"She's really headstrong, and she does questionable things, but you do root for her," Zmitrowicz continued.
"Even though she's full of all this bravado, she has got a lot of vulnerability underneath as well."
Alongside Marsan and Zmitrowicz, the series also stars Toni Collette, John Leguizamo and Auli’i Cravalho.
The Power episodes one to four are on Amazon Prime Video with new episodes released weekly.
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