Making his mark. Since Lockwood & Co. premiered on Netflix, fans have applauded Cameron Chapman for his captivating performance as Anthony Lockwood — and his scene-stealing moments with onscreen love interest Ruby Stokes.The new series, which is based on Jonathan Stroud‘s book series of the same name, follows three young operatives of a psychic detection agency as they fight ghosts.
Anthony, who founded his own startup titled Lockwood & Co., is joined by his friend George (Ali Hadji-Heshmati) and newcomer Lucy (Stokes) as they attempt to keep the residents in London, England, safe from potential supernatural threats.After Lockwood & Co.
debuted in January, Chapman opened up about the work that went into bringing Anthony to life.“We were really fortunate to have a period of time before shooting, dedicated to rehearsals (stunts & script work).
Jonathan was very supportive, as were the production team, we were given space to ask questions, provided glossaries for the world’s terminology and of course scripts/the books to pull from,” he told Revamp Magazine one month later. “It was an exciting challenge to step into this unique world, aside from working on the script, I watched ghost documentaries, read ghost folk tales and studied the Victorian photography that [creator] Joe Cornish often used as a reference.”The British actor noted that it was a “dream” to play the iconic detective on screen, adding, “That much was clear as soon as I read the first few scenes in the script.
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