INTERVIEW: ‘Leverage: Redemption's' new season now streaming on Prime Video

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17-04-2025

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — For four years, action-thriller 'Leverage' dominated TV on TNT. When the show ended in 2012, the producers thought there were more stories to tell.
This led to the revival series 'Leverage: Redemption' kicking off its first season in 2021. Now, with season three premiering Thursday, the series is moving from network 'Freevee' to 'Prime Video.'
The series follows a Robin Hood-esque team of criminals as they stage elaborate cons against wealthy and powerful individuals on behalf of clients who have been wronged.
News 8's Gio Battaglia spoke with the show's stars: Gina Bellman and Beth Riesgraf about what's in store for the new season.
Gio Battaglia: It's gotta be an exciting week with season three just around the corner!
Gina Bellman: Thrilling. It really is so exciting. I couldn't be happier.
Gio Battaglia: Tell me a little bit about what fans can expect this season. I know it's also a move to Prime Video. So a lot, a lot's happening with this new season.
Beth Riesgraf: They can expect the same shenanigans with all the characters, and their interpersonal relationships are a lot of fun. There's a lot going on with everybody emotionally this season — and then all the action and international appeal that the show has is really present. Being on Prime has given us this great boost to do chase sequences in Paris and fight scenes in Serbia and all the things. So, I think fans are going to be really excited to see all the worlds we play in this season.
Gina Bellman: I think they'll also be pleased that we haven't run out of bad guys to take down. They just keep coming thick and fast, just like in the real world, and you can always rely on our crew to bring them down.
Gio Battaglia: I love that. So, since the original show ended in 2012. How did it feel to kind of come back into these characters and continue these stories?
Gina Bellman: It was the craziest journey for us. We all got the same phone call from our boss, Dean Devlin, who is a legend to all of us and television in general, he called us each individually and said, 'How do you feel about putting the band back together?' And that was such an innovative way of putting it. And we all just like, jumped up and down, and we've been celebrating ever since.
Gio Battaglia: What's been the reaction from the fans?
Beth Riesgraf: They're flipping out. They've been so supportive. I mean, they're the reason that we keep coming back. It's so great. Our community is so supportive and so engaged in everything we're doing along the way. They're so supportive. So, they, I mean, from Facebook to X to Instagram. I feel our audience is really growing and growing and growing, and I'm so excited for new people to also join us on Amazon Prime this time around.
Gio Battaglia: I know that we touched on, obviously in the first response, what fans can expect. But take me a little bit deeper. What was your favorite part of taping this season?
Gina Bellman: My favorite episode this season takes us actually into the future, where we meet a bad guy who is freezing people after their death, and he's charging their families like an exorbitant fee to keep them going with the promise that maybe they can be resuscitated. But we kind of fake a future world and for and that's a Jonathan Frakes episode, who's one of our great regular directors, who's wonderful with comedy. So, it's like, my favorite episodes are always the ones with the great, like hijinks, like super comedy. And that's, that's one to look forward to. What's yours, Beth?
Beth Riesgraf: I think, as a performer, diving into the horror genre, which we do during one of the episodes this season, we've never done this like this before. That was really exciting. And then as a director, it would be, you know, personally, I just love the episode, which is based actually on a true story about a corrupt judge who's also the mayor and is stealing from the townspeople, essentially set up a speed trap and taking their money and doing horrible things. So, I loved working with Gina, especially in this episode, because she has a really beautiful arc for Sophie, and she absolutely crushed it. And I designed an incredible fight sequence that Christian actually nailed the heck out of in a way almost that we've never really done before. So, for me, it was really challenging in a way. As a director, that was really exciting for me.
Gio Battaglia: It's evident in the clips that I watched that the cast enjoys working together, and it's told through the plot lines of these episodes. So, talk a little bit about the cast dynamic.
Gina Bellman: We've always just had a really good click. I don't quite know how they pulled it off, but you know what I think we all love about the show is that it is a true ensemble in that we read a script, and it comes in and I might like call Beth and say, 'Hey, actually, this, this is a really good moment for you. Let's ask them to expand that.' Or Christian might say, 'Hey, this is a moment for you and I to have some rapport.' And we're always collaborating. And this year, the three of us, are acting as executive producers as well. So, it's really nice to have that acknowledgement that not only do we click, but and lift each other up, but that we're so invested in making the show better and better and better for the fans.
Beth Riesgraf: I think that thing that essence and fun that the fans show up for, we really are feeling that as characters, but as performers and artists. And it's like, I think that is the thing, at least, when I watch TV, I show up because I feel like I know the people I'm about to hang out with, and I'm excited to see what they get up to, and we organically, like Gina said, we all just bounce off each other in such a fun, authentic way. But I think that's what keeps us all coming back with such excitement. And it really is fun.
Gio Battaglia: Do you guys have anything else you want to highlight before anything else you wanted to add?
Gina Bellman: I think what's great about this show is that you can dip into any episode. So don't worry if you haven't caught up with the show yet. Come to us on season three, fall in love with the characters and on Amazon Prime, and then you can go back and discover the origin stories.
Beth Riesgraf: I think fans that have been with us since the beginning of 'Leverage' are going to be really excited to see some of that edge and action and danger being heightened even a little more this season. And I think they're going to have a lot of fun watching it.
Season three of 'Leverage: Redemption' is streaming now on Amazon Prime Video.
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