The Sticky goals to do for Quebec what Fargo did for Minnesota, and Chris Diamantopolous had excessive reward for star Margo Martindale.
Just a few weeks in the past, Prime Video put out all six episodes of The Sticky, a terrific comedic/crime saga starring the good Margo Martindale as Ruth Landry, a Canadian maple syrup farmer who schemes to steal hundreds of thousands of {dollars} of maple syrup (it’s loosely primarily based on an precise heist that befell in Quebec). Her co-stars within the present embody Jamie Lee Curtis (who additionally produced the present with Jason Blum), in addition to the good Chris Diamantopoulos, who’s been in a great deal of stuff over time, together with The Workplace, Silicon Valley, the film model of The Three Stooges (he was Moe), Crimson One, and way more. He’s additionally the official voice of Mickey Mouse for Disney, a job which has netted him two Emmy nominations.
Lately, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Diamantopolous, who mentioned The Sticky and the way he hopes it’ll flip right into a long-running crime caper for Prime Video. One of many attention-grabbing issues in regards to the present is that it tried to depict Canada realistically, with it being shot in Montreal and having many Quebecois actors in main components (versus Parisian actors enjoying Quebecers – which occurs quite a bit).
“The factor that I’m most enthusiastic about, significantly with Canadian audiences, but additionally with international audiences, is a tv present that’s shot in Canada that takes place in Canada, and that reveals Canada for, I believe, one of many first instances as a correct participant within the cinematic world.
We see Montreal’s underbelly, this darkness to the Quebecois, rural environments which are evocative of issues like Fargo. Are you aware what I imply? We really see Canada in a Canadian story, the best way that you’d anticipate to see Dublin, you understand, in an Irish story, and it’s not a parody.”
Diamantopolous additionally cherished working with Martindale, who will get a uncommon flip as a lead in The Sticky, noting, “she’s so good, man. She’s so dynamic and so much energy and charisma and just a class act, a real pro.”
One factor he additionally appreciates is how – with streaming – the present’s runs are shorter however generally higher. “I think it keeps people engaged, and it also sort of takes away this idea that you have to put out, you know, 12 or 22 episodes of this maximal quality, which is almost impossible to upkeep. Well, I remember even The Office, towards the end, had to go down from about 24 episodes a season to a little less because how do you maintain the quality for that long when you’re doing that?”
One present that’s developing that Diamantopolous is a part of is the variation of Ed Brubaker’s Legal. “I could be wrong here, but I think they’re releasing them as events. The first event is with Charlie Hunnam and Richard Jenkins. And I wasn’t a part of that, but apparently, that’s going to just be amazing. The second event, the one that I’m part of is Emilia Clarke. If we had like four hours, it wouldn’t be enough for me to talk about how amazing Emilia Clarke is, and how much fun it was working with her. And Luke Evans is in it as well. The show and the world that they have created. It’s so good.”
The Sticky is now streaming on Prime Video and is nicely price a binge-watch over the vacations. Learn our evaluation HERE!
