City On A Hill Portrays Corrupt And Racist Era Of Boston “Warts And All” – ATX
The ATX Television Festival closed with a screening of City on a Hill ahead of its June 16 premiere ..
The ATX Television Festival closed with a screening of City on a Hill ahead of its June 16 premiere on Showtime (you can also watch it here). Series creator Chuck MacLean, showrunner Tom Fontana, executive producer Jennifer Todd as well as stars Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge and Jill Hennessy were on hand to talk about the new series.
“To me, it was a way of talking about my childhood — warts and all,” MacLean said. “Its all about my family.” MacLean lived in Boston during the 90s in which the show takes place.
Executive produced by Ben Affleck, the 10-episode series focuses on this era when Boston was rife with violent criminals emboldened by local law enforcement agencies in which corruption and racism was the norm. It centers on Assistant District Attorney Decourcy Ward (Hodge), who arrives from Brooklyn and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran Jackie Rohr (Bacon). Together, they take on a family of armored car robbers from Charlestown in a case that grows to involve and ultimately subvert, the entire criminal justice system of Boston.
Fontana was attracted to the show because it was a “very human drama” that dealt with racism, misogyny and corruption. “Thats something I could be a part of,” he adds.
Bacons character does a lot of corrupt things. When asked how he dealt with that, Bacon said: “I dont really stand back and judge the man that I play. Jackie does things and most of the time he thinks hes doing the right thing…except for the moments he doesnt. When I am walking in his shoes thats what I am focusing on. I just have to stay true to who is.”
In addition, Jackie does a lot of racist things and Bacon is more than aware of this. “I dont do things that IRead More – Source
