{"id":3547,"date":"2025-07-26T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/?p=3547"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:18:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:18:03","slug":"freddie-highmore-my-amazon-prime-thriller-doesnt-make-the-assassin-impossibly-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/26\/freddie-highmore-my-amazon-prime-thriller-doesnt-make-the-assassin-impossibly-perfect\/","title":{"rendered":"Freddie Highmore: \u2018My Amazon Prime thriller doesn\u2019t make the assassin impossibly perfect\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former child star Freddie Highmore now stars in a gripping Amazon Prime thriller (Picture: Stefan Bertin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018People still recognise me on the tube for roles I played 20 years ago. It\u2019s kind of mad.\u2019<\/p>\n

One can only imagine what it would be like to be recognised around the world as a kid. But that was Freddie Highmore<\/a>\u2019s reality when he soared to fame as a child star in films including Finding Neverland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and August Rush.<\/p>\n

Last year, the actor bid farewell to The Good Doctor, a medical drama he\u2019d led for seven years. Now, the 33-year-old stars in the new Amazon Prime Video thriller series The Assassin<\/a>, teaming up with British acting legend Keeley Hawes<\/a> in what could be TV\u2019s most dysfunctional mother-son duo.<\/p>\n

Keeley plays former hitwoman Julie<\/a>, who\u2019s forced to come out of retirement and reveal her secret profession to her grown-up son Edward, portrayed by Freddie. It\u2019s rife with action<\/a>, excitement, twists and a whole lot of dry British humour, which Freddie delves into while speaking to Metro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

One of the standout aspects of The Assassin is Edward\u2019s relationship with Julie. Freddie and Keeley, 49, have a brilliant dynamic together on screen, and the Bates Motel<\/a> actor says that it was \u2018thrilling to get to go on this journey with her\u2019, having admired the Bodyguard star\u2019s work for years.<\/p>\n

\u2018The same goes for Harry and Jack Williams,\u2019 he shares, bringing up the writers of The Assassin, who also created the Jamie Dornan thriller The Tourist<\/a>. \u2018This does what they do so well, combining the thriller, high-stakes, high-octane, twisty, turny type of storytelling, but with something more interesting and nuanced to say underneath it.<\/p>\n

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