Shawn Ryan on Lie to Me under his reign
Lie to Me’s surprise midseason success last year has been attributed to its compelling leading man (Tim Roth) and its unconventional approach to the cop procedural.
So when Shawn Ryan (The Shield, The Unit) was brought in to co-executive-produce the show (with Samuel Baum, the show’s creator) this season, he wanted to maintain those two elements.
“There were a lot of things that worked well about the show last year, primarily Tim Roth,” Ryan says. “He’s one of the premier actors in the world. The show had a lot of strengths. I have just been trying to refine it, add a little adrenaline, add some deeper character work and dig really deep into who these characters really are.”
Ryan’s higher-octane imprint has already been felt. In the second-season premiere, master lie detector Cal Lightman (Roth) strangled a client (guest star Erika Christensen) to extract information from one of her alternate personalities. Ryan said he loved the way that scene turned out, but promised he wouldn’t take away the show’s lighter elements.
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