So, I spoke to a lot of people and friends who have lost someone and have gotten over it because that was the key part … that Mickey overcomes his struggle.” Maybe early on, in the first couple of episodes, but later on, it’s not healthy for Mickey. And I haven’t, so I didn’t want to impose my feelings, my lack of mental health on Mickey. So, I didn’t want to use that for Mickey, because Mickey grows, Mickey overcomes it eventually, and that’s his arc. But it’s something that I never feel like I got a lot of help with. So, in many ways, I could connect to Mickey. He explained why he could relate to Mickey’s grief. But you always feel those feelings, and so sometimes you feel guilty, sometimes you feel horror and anger, and Harlan did such an impeccable job at orchestrating why we feel a certain way and creating such complex characters that way.” Those feelings never happen in a specific line. And people have collected these feelings into groups, and into a theory, but in reality, everyone who I’ve spoken to, and how I felt during grief, personally … it’s never linear. “There are seven layers – some people say nine – but there are layers to the grief. “Something I was really going into and helped me a lot in my personal life was really going and breaking down the levels of grief,” he said. And I live in New York City, which is one of the most diverse places in the world, yet even still it exists.”Īnother issue that the show deals with is that of loss and grief, as Mickey’s parents die at the start of the series, and Michael can relate to that too on a visceral level, while also distinguishing between Mickey’s experience and his own. “Specifically in that scene with the police officer, I can draw from some personal experiences where I’ve been unjustly characterized by the police, by people. I know my friends know what’s going on here, and the subtext. And a lot of it is letting go of the stigma that kids can’t understand this, teenagers can’t understand this, and no, I understand this, I’m a kid, I’m a teenager. So, I know other people my age will understand. And it can be difficult because you have to remember, you’re telling a story for young people, but I’m a young person, and I understand what’s going on. It’s one of those shows where it’s so incredibly complex, and the characters are very, very diverse. “There are a lot of teen dramas, there are a lot of high school dramas, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a show quite like ‘Shelter.’ And I mean that genuinely. “I think that’s what makes ‘Shelter’ so incredible,” he told Variety after the press conference. Michael praised the show for getting the tone of such scenes right. The pilot contains a scene where Mickey faces discrimination by the police because he is a person of color. “And so, for me, it’s just always a goal with every script that I read: Does this show, does this film have the ability to inspire my young version, the five-year-old me? Is a five, six or seven year old going to be inspired by seeing themselves on the screen, and find something within themselves that they love?” It was the film that inspired me to be an actor, to be deeply passionate about it. “Even in 2009, it was the only movie that I saw with a young person my age who felt and looked like me, not completely, but I could resonate with them deeply. And I watched that movie on repeat daily, because it was the only movie where I saw someone who looked like me. It was called ‘Imagine That’ with Eddie Murphy, Nicole Ari Parker and Yara Shahidi – it was one of her first projects. Michael, who plays Mickey Bolitar in the teen thriller, said: “When I was growing up, there was one movie I watched religiously. 'Ted Lasso' Cast on Jason Sudeikis' Inspirational Speech on the Last Day of Shooting 'Emily in Paris' Star Arnaud Binard Talks About the Show's 'Dreamy' Depiction of the French Capital Zendaya and Luca Guadagnino's 'Challengers' to Skip France Theatrical Release, Debut on Prime Video 18 – spoke about how the show rings true when it comes to presenting a true representation of the country’s diversity, and delivering an authentic depiction of teenage life in the U.S.Īt the press conference for the show, which followed its world premiere at the festival, were Jaden Michael, Constance Zimmer, Adrian Greensmith and Abby Corrigan, alongside Edward Ornelas, one of the show’s executive producers and directors. At the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, the cast of “Harlan Coben’s Shelter” – which debuts on Prime Video on Aug.
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