00:00But the location, the costumes, the chase,
00:04the swapping out of me and Eddie's stunt doubles.
00:08There's just so much work that goes into this.
00:12And it's the rumbling of the...
00:16That, that makes me feel like something bad is about to happen.
00:31Now that the show is out,
00:32I'm able to share some behind-the-scenes secrets with you all
00:36about the making of the show.
00:37Hello, Sky. Play The Day of the Jackal.
00:40This is my TV now.
00:46This was my first, actually, my first big sequence for Bianca.
00:50It was really intense, actually.
00:51I feel like the actors and the crew were just in it.
00:55It was hot in Budapest.
00:58In Budapest, we had all our tactical gear on
01:01and a lot of sunblock.
01:04And now you're going to see us burst through the door,
01:09which did not happen once, like a fluke.
01:14Man down.
01:16There are moments in the show
01:18that are a direct replica of the original.
01:23For me, it's important to have that balance.
01:25And I think half of it came through honouring the Jackal character
01:30and the other half came through modernising through Bianca's character.
01:35Bianca's character wasn't Bianca.
01:38She was a man who was very different.
01:41It felt as though this retelling of the story
01:45was an opportunity for us to dive into
01:47how women can serve in the espionage world.
01:50And I think she's an example of that.
01:52I have been in the espionage genre before,
01:55but also come into something like this as a student.
01:58How would Bianca approach her fascination
02:03and her expertise towards weaponry?
02:05Two packs down.
02:07Immediate extraction from X-ray now.
02:09A lot of those thoughts came from the women I spoke to
02:13from the Metropolitan Police all the way up to MI6.
02:17And they gave me a lot of insight into how women
02:19and they gave me a lot of insight into how they relate to their weapons.
02:24From their training at the beginning,
02:26to then seeing some things, some horrific things in their career,
02:29to then maybe becoming a mother
02:31and having bigger responsibilities in life
02:33and maybe not wanting to touch weapons again.
02:36Here I got to really take my time
02:39and understand the brains behind servicewomen.
02:43I just love that we're doing more for them
02:45and I love that someone like Bianca exists on the page.
02:48Forty metres out at the rear. Moving.
02:52Moving.
02:53When you're watching on TV at home with your family,
02:57you're seeing something new that is subconsciously
03:02reminding you of the kind of work that we're all doing to push barriers.
03:10Being a producer while you're shooting is one thing,
03:13but producing during the post-production process
03:17is so juicy.
03:19I love talking about sound, I love talking about the grades
03:23and the edit and how that informs the narrative also.
03:27So I had some great conversations with our composer Volker
03:32and our musical supervisor Catherine,
03:34who were just so as meticulous as me.
03:38Creating suspense is one of the most important things,
03:41especially when it pertains to this genre.
03:47We were creating like a symphony of story,
03:49which is what it should look like and what it should feel like.
04:02OK, everything, including that word that you just heard there,
04:06which is naughty kids.
04:08The sound of the gun, the car driving away, my footsteps.
04:11Everything was between Foley and ADR
04:14and I just love that that's another way that you can create suspense
04:17and drama and tension.
04:19Huffing and puffing is brilliant to do in ADR.
04:23You can hyperventilate in those moments, which is fun, actually.
04:28Bravo to Tango. We were set up. He knew we were coming.
04:31Watching it on TV is like getting into the mind
04:34of what my parents' experiences would be
04:36and what the nation's experience would be.
04:38When you're able to go to the cinema, it's brilliant.
04:41When you're watching something that is made for home,
04:44you want the sound to be good.
04:45The sound here is crisp, it's heightened, and I'm experiencing it.
04:50Hello, sky. Raise the volume.
04:52I'm not gonna lie, this may be my favourite scene.
04:54OK.
04:57From the start, you've been really upfront with me
05:00about how much you love your job and how important it is to you, OK?
05:02But last night, you brought danger into our home.
05:06Between that knife being held at my daughter's neck
05:08and that gun you had pointed in her direction,
05:10Jasmine could have been fucking killed.
05:12She wasn't. I dealt with it.
05:13She said you tortured the man.
05:15I always feel very sad for Bianca watching this scene
05:18because she's trying.
05:20It doesn't look like it from the outside, but she's trying very hard.
05:24I remember being tired at this point because there was a lot of emotion.
05:28And you can see it in my eyes, you can see it under the eyes.
05:30On the page, she was teaching me about how she wants to be represented.
05:35And how she wants to be represented is in this raw, like, fleshy way.
05:39She just feels very naked.
05:41Here was just a really honest, raw argument
05:45between two people that love each other,
05:48but also don't really know how to in this moment.
05:52If I'm not where they tell me to be
05:54at the exact time that they tell me to be there,
05:57then someone dies.
06:00Do you understand?
06:03It's heartbreaking, actually,
06:04to watch her go through the kinds of internal wars.
06:09And here she was in an impossible situation
06:12with her work and her home life
06:16crossing in a way that was highly dangerous and very compromising.
06:20But again, that's another reason why we have characters like this,
06:24so we can watch people's very questionable morals play out
06:30and sit with it, sit with the ugliness.
06:34I don't recognize you anymore.
06:40Throughout your career, you work with a lot of new people.
06:45Every so often, there's some familiar face somewhere.
06:48And in this instance, it was the young, brilliant, fascinating actor
06:54that is Florissa Kamara, who played my daughter,
06:57not only in this show, but on another Sky show called Bulletproof.
07:01And I just love that I was able to watch her grow
07:05from a nine-year-old to a 15-year-old
07:08and just become this brilliant, established, really clever actor.
07:12Hello, Sky. Fast forward 24 minutes and 18 seconds.
07:18Oh, excellent.
07:25I love that me and Eddie shared a scene, which is so rare.
07:32The location, the costumes, the chase,
07:36the swapping out of me and Eddie's stunt doubles.
07:39There's just so much work that goes into this.
07:41And it's the rumbling of the...
07:46That that makes you feel like something bad is about to happen.
07:54Oh, I'm also allergic to horses, so that was helpful.
07:58I remember just walking at arm's length at all times
08:01to ensure that I was like,
08:03you're so beautiful, but also, you could maybe give me an asthma attack.
08:10One thing that really attracted me to the show,
08:12and me and Eddie talk about it a lot,
08:14is this grey area between good and evil.
08:18It's not binary in any way. It's not black and white.
08:21The Jackal, he is seemingly evil,
08:24but actually, when you keep getting to know him throughout the show,
08:27you see his softness and his gentle side
08:32and what is leading him to even want to make these decisions.
08:35And the similarities between the two of them
08:38really remind us that we cannot look at any one person,
08:42whether it be on TV or in real life,
08:45and think, that's a good person, that's a bad person, I can't trust them.
08:49Because there's a crossover somewhere.
08:51There's decisions we have to make all the time
08:53that are a little bit compromising,
08:55that we don't always want to do.
08:57And here, you get to explore the psychology behind that.
09:02Fuck!
09:11And this moment here is my favourite,
09:13because I was determined to have Bianca scream.
09:19Fuck!
09:23With a swear word, which is necessary, I think, at this moment.
09:27She's just lost the guy.
09:31Well, thanks for watching.
09:32I hope you enjoyed this exclusive look behind the scenes
09:35of The Day in the Jackal.
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