Edinburgh actress says filming Netflix series Department Q was 'really special'
Edinburgh actress Chloe Pirrie says she was 'thrilled' after getting the chance to shoot a Netflix series in her home city.
Chloe, who plays Merritt Lingard in crime drama Department Q, spent six months filming the show in the capital. The 37-year-old is one of several Scottish cast members who have helped push the series to number one spot on Netflix's TV section, reports the Scottish Daily Express.
When asked about the Scottish fluency at swearing, she joked: "We're just good at it. It's like a national sport."
Pirrie grew up in swanky Stockbridge but moved to London at 18 to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She said: "I've got family there that I hadn't seen for a while so it was great to be able to spend time with them.
"A family member came to set - I've never had that before. That kind of stuff is really special."
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Her Scottish co-stars include Jamie Sives and Mark Bonnar, back on screen together after starring in Guilt, as well as Hollywood regulars Shirley Henderson and Kelly Macdonald. Game of Thrones actress Kate Dickie and Leah Byrne from Call the Midwife also feature.
The lead character is DCI Carl Morck played by English star Matthew Goode, and his on-screen character even enjoys some football banter with Sives' over the 1966 World Cup win and the 'goal' given by the Russian linesman.
However, Pirrie - best known for roles in The Queen's Gambit and The Crown - says she didn't have time to let her hair down with the other cast members. Speaking on the red carpet at the show's premiere in London on Saturday, she said: "I didn't get to socialise with people as much as I probably would have liked because my schedule was so different to everyone else."
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Based on a series of books by Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen, the series follows DCI Morck as he sets up a cold case unit while struggling with guilt over an incident that left a young police officer dead and another paralysed.
He is reluctantly paired with rookie assistant Akram Salim, played by Swedish actor Alexej Manvelov. And Goode said the pair bonded during their time staying in the Scottish capital.
"Most of the actors lived in Glasgow. It was only me and Alexej in Edinburgh," he explained, recalling a boozy trip to a French restaurant on their second day in the city: "We had lunch and were still there five hours later sort of six bottles of red wine down. If you become friends off-screen then it really helps on screen."
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