Disney+ sets launch for Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
TRAILER: Edison Alcaide, Conleth Hill, Max Beesley and Emily Mortimer lead the cast of factual drama Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, a four-part series launching on Disney+ on April 30.
The series focuses on the events surrounding the tragic killing of innocent Brazilian de Menezes (Alcaide) after he is mistaken for a terrorist. Told from multiple perspectives of those involved, it examines how memory – both accurate and distorted – can be turned into fact and shape our understanding of the truth.
As London reels from the devastating suicide bomb attacks of 7 July 2005. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair (Hill) launches a large-scale counter terrorism operation to prevent further attacks with Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman (Beesley) leading the investigation into the bombings. Unbeknownst to them, another terrorist cell plots an assault that could equal the devastation of 7/7.
This second set of planned attacks fails, setting off one of the UK’s largest-ever manhunts and sparking a covert surveillance operation led by Commander Cressida Dick (Mortimer). As tension and uncertainty rises across the nation, a series of extraordinary events unfolds, and the actions of the Metropolitan Police leads to a critical misidentification.
De Menezes, an innocent young Brazilian electrician on his way to work, is mistaken for a terrorist and fatally shot at Stockwell station. In the wake of these tragic events, Independent Police Complaints Commission secretary Lana Vandenberghe (Laura Aikman) makes a life-changing decision, and Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick (Russell Tovey), in a police force engulfed by crisis, fights for the truth to prevail. What follows is a family’s fight for justice and answers, and a long-fought struggle to bring clarity to a situation clouded by disinformation.
Written and executive produced by Jeff Pope (Philomena, Stan and Ollie), Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes is produced by Pope’s Etta Pictures, in association with Kwadjo Dajan’s KDJ Productions. Jean Charles de Menezes’ parents and other relatives are consultants for the series.
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