SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Fathers,” the Season 1 finale of “The Night Agent,” now streaming on Netflix. There goes the administration. After a season spent hunting down –– an…
about Ryan’s personal connection to the series, how they landed Oscar-nominated Chau for the crucial role of Farr — and why they wanted to elevate the political thriller.
Did you know of Matthew Quick’s book on which this is based, and how it paralleled some of those questions you were asking within your own family?I didn’t. Jamie Vanderbilt, who is a great writer and producer that I respect a lot, and his company, had the rights to the book, and they asked if I would read it. The pandemic hit and I suddenly had the time to do it and I started making the connections with my own father.
Knowing your personal connection to the material, was there a catharsis for you, Shawn, in being able to give Peter the closure you don’t have with your father?Absolutely. One of the great things about being a writer is that you can write the ending you want, not the ending you have. Part of this is taken from the book. We deviate a lot from the book, but this is in the book. That Peter’s father did hand over secrets and was a traitor, so to speak.
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