Wolf's Sacha Dhawan responds to episode one's unnerving cliffhanger
Wolf minor spoilers follow.
Former Doctor Who star Sacha Dhawan has opened up about a dark twist in his new show Wolf.
The BBC One drama stars notorious TV baddies, Dhawan and Game of Thrones' Iwan Rheon, as a pair of ruthless torturers who take a wealthy family hostage in Monmouthshire.
These disturbing scenes play out against a subplot where a cop, Di Jack Caffrey (Blindspot's Ukweli Roach), investigates a neighbour he believes may have been involved in his 10-year-old brother's murder decades ago.
By the end of episode one, Dhawan and Rheon's characters reveal their dark intentions for the Anchor-Ferrers family (Owen Teale and Juliet Stevenson) after posing as detectives to gain entry to their homes.
"There are so many moments like that in the series. It's an actor's kind of dream, because it's not just the reveal, but you know the… I'm going to call them the 'torture' scenes or the manipulation' scenes," he told Digital Spy.
"They're just really interesting to play because you can come at them at so many different angles, but you never want it to get silly. I think that finding that balance was a real joy for me."
Dhawan has done some fiendish things on-screen in Doctor Who as The Master, but the brutality of Wolf was on a new level..
"That particular first scene – yeah, it was a real joy getting to do that, because then I knew… I'd actually spent a bit of time kind of prepping the character of Detective Honey. Like, what was he going to be like? They're two separate characters. But once I was able to kind of let go of that mask, I knew that the journey had started," he explained.
"I think what's great, which helps in the edit, which I didn't expect, is that when you watch that first episode, it's really nice, because the audience are slightly ahead of the Anchor-Ferrers family... And now you can just kind of watch it unfold. That's really nice to see. It elevates it even more."
The six-part thriller series is based on the detective novels of Mo Hayder, and has been adapted for the small screen by Grand Hotel and Grenseland writer Megan Gallagher.
Wolf is airing on BBC One.
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