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EXCLUSIVE: Maria Zhang (Avatar: The Last Airbender) has joined nan bid regular formed of nan Fox play bid The Interrogator.
The bid centers connected erstwhile MI6 supplier Conrad Henry (Stephen Fry) and his elite team. When accepted methods person failed, Henry’s quirky charm, superior intellect, and mind-bending behavioral maneuvers make him nan only man capable to lockpick nan minds of nan world’s astir vulnerable criminals.
Zhang will play Florence, the astir idealistic and optimistic of nan team. She handles each things computers, from hacking, gathering, and decrypting grounds to creating forgeries and deepfakes to lead Henry’s subjects astray. She’s a multi-lateral puzzle master, a crippled mentation guru, a cognitive gymnast. Florence’s fiancée, Dana, still thinks she useful successful crippled development, not spy craft. She’s truthful deftly divided these worlds successful her mind, she’s moreover having a (mostly physical) matter pinch her teammate, Voss (Luke Kleintank).
In summation to Fry and Kleintank, nan bid regular formed besides includes Michael Beach arsenic Henry’s champion friend and nan first personnel of his team, Louis, Jenna Elfman arsenic rising CIA prima Woodrow, and Jessica Sula arsenic criminal scientist and Henry’s estranged daughter, Astrid.
The Interrogator, from Lionsgate Television and Fox Entertainment, received a 12-episode straight-to-series bid for nan 2026-27 play earlier this year.
The aviator book was written by Fry, pinch revisions from Matt Pyken arsenic good arsenic William Harper. Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie are executive producers and showrunners. Fry besides executive produces alongside Harper and Paul McGuigan, who will besides direct. Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman and Miriam Mintz, Matt Pyken, Neil Burger, and Anonymous Content besides service arsenic executive producers connected nan series.
Zhang is champion known for playing Suki successful Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender. Her different credits see ABC’s The Rookie and Netflix’s A Man connected nan Inside. Zhang will adjacent beryllium seen successful a starring domiciled successful nan characteristic movie Busted. A Polish-Chinese actress, Zhang has performed pinch Beijing Playhouse arsenic portion of China’s English-language Broadway theatre community, arsenic good arsenic pinch a nonprofit organization theatre group successful Poland. Zhang is repped by Artium Talent, Authentic Talent and Literary Management, and Granderson Des Rochers.
