*Christoph Waltz portrays a villain you’ll love to hate or hate to love in the exciting new Prime Video series “The Consultant.”
The show is a twisted comedic thriller that explores the sinister relationship between boss and employee.
Per the official synopsis: When a new consultant, Regus Patoff (Christoph Waltz), is hired to improve the business at the App-based gaming company “CompWare,” employees experience new demands and challenges that Waltz puts everything into question… including their lives.
“The Consultant” is based on Bentley Little’s 2015 novel of the same name, with Waltz also serving as an executive producer.
Watch the official trailer below.
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I agree with Variety’s review that “The Consultant” “has a sinuous and creepy charm” and “it’s an engaging watch, with Waltz in fine form.”
“He is a perfect fit, but I’ll be honest with you until someone mentioned his name after I’d written the pilot, I hadn’t considered anyone,” said series creator Tony Basgallop about Waltz in an interview with Forbes. “I never cast people in my head because you’re going to be disappointed, you won’t get what you want, and that also shapes your writing. You don’t want to write to anyone else’s limitations.”
Waltz said of the project, “I like to look at scripts, but I didn’t open this one and say, ‘Let me see what could be unique,’ I said, ‘Well, this is a great story,’ and that’s when we met and started the dialogue,” he explained to the outlet. “It’s a leap of faith based on one episode, that’s true, so what becomes much more important is the conversation between the people because you at least want to succeed or fail together.”
“The Consultant” also stars Nat Wolff as Craig, a coder, and Brittany O’Grady as Elaine, the assistant to the company’s founder who is murdered at the top of the series. Craig and Elaine both distrust their new boss Regus after learning how he got the consulting gig. They form an alliance to unpack his dark secrets and save the company.
We caught up with Wolff and O’Grady to dish on what they’re most excited about TV fans experiencing with this wickedly delicious new show. Watch our exclusive conversation with the pair via the clip below.
“The Consultant” is from MGM Television and Amazon Studios and is now streaming on Prime Video.
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