Obsession is the brand new drama starring Richard Armitage, Charlie Murphy, Indira Varma and Rish Shah on Netflix. The four-part limited series, which is a contemporary adaptation of Josephine Hart's 1991 novel, Damage, landed on the streaming service on Thursday, April 13.
Described as a thrilling and seductive series about erotic obsession and forbidden desire, Obsession explores a BDSM affair. The book has been adapted for television by feminist playwright, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm.
Read more: Netflix Obsession full cast list including Richard Armitage, Charlie Murphy and Marion Bailey
Morgan said: "I loved the book, which is an amazing page-turning, erotic thriller, but it was written entirely from a man’s point of view. Anna, his lover, is portrayed as a kind of vamp who comes into the family, blows everything up and then disappears. Her primary function is to serve the purpose of what the male lead needs.
"I said, 'If I'm going to do this, I want to make sure I dig into Anna and why she behaves in the way she does.' I wanted to try and understand the character."
Here's everything you need to know from the plot to the cast list, filming locations and how many episodes.
What is Obsession on Netflix about?
A synopsis reads: "A contemporary adaptation of Josephine Hart's novella, Damage, the story centers around a dangerous love triangle that emerges when the enigmatic Anna Barton embarks on a passionate affair with her fiance's father, William. Whilst Anna fights to sustain both relationships, William is drawn into an obsessive spiral. But how long can they keep their secret hidden before someone gets hurt?"
Obsession on Netflix cast list
Richard Armitage as William Farrow
Charlie Murphy as Anna Barton
Rish Shah as Jay Farrow
Indira Varma as Ingrid Farrow
Pippa Bennett-Warner as Peggy
Sonera Angel as Sally Farrow
Anil Goutam as Edward
Marion Bailey as Elizabeth
Where was Netflix's Obsession filmed?
Obsession was filmed in glamorous locations in London, Paris and the South of France. Speaking about the filming locations, director Glenn Leyburn said: "Lisa [Barros D’Sa] and I are very particular about locations because they often set the tone for the entire piece and all these places were amazingly vivid backdrops for our story."
However, the sparsely beautiful, London flat where William and Anna meet for their secret assignations, was built on a set at Twickenham Film Studios. "It helped us to create exactly what we wanted from that apartment - a kind of otherworldly, liminal space," Glenn said.
Lisa added: "When William goes through the door of that apartment it’s almost as if he’s entering a dark fairy-tale. It’s a world that exists outside of convention, outside of their everyday lives. It’s a cocoon, a separate place they’re creating just for themselves through the language of their bodies."
How many episodes of Obsession are there and will there be a series 2?
Obsession is a standalone series made up of four hour-long episodes that are available to watch on Netflix now. This means there won't be a second series. For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter here.
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