‘Long Bright River’ Creators Break Down That Killer Reveal, Changes From the Novel and What Amanda Seyfried Brought to Mickey
variety.comMatt Minton mminton@variety.com SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Long Bright River,” now streaming on Peacock.
Two years before Liz Moore’s novel “Long Bright River” ever hit shelves in 2020 and became a bestseller — and one of Barack Obama’s top books of the year — she was approached by different producers.
Now, it’s an eight-episode Peacock series starring Amanda Seyfried. “Long Bright River” marks Seyfried’s first series role following her Emmy-winning turn as Elizabeth Holmes in “The Dropout.” Seyfried plays patrol officer Mickey Fitzpatrick as she searches for her younger sister, Kacey (Ashleigh Cummings), amid the opioid crisis in Philadelphia and sex workers being murdered.
As Mickey looks for answers about Kacey’s disappearance — and comes to terms with the pain she’s caused her — she reconnects (and falls back in love) with her former partner, Truman (Nicholas Pinnock).
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