Plus, she hypothesizes what’s next for the characters.
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Warning: This article contains spoilers for the season finale ofLong Bright River, “Atonement.”
We learn Mickey quit the police force after the whole ordeal, and is figuring out her future.
Amanda Seyfried as Mickey in ‘Long Bright River’.Credit:David Holloway/PEACOCK
It’s not all totally fine and dandy, though.
Maybe not just the character’s actions, but the investigative turns of the series.
That way Mickey didn’t have to be forthcoming and we could preserve the internal nature of the character.
Amanda Seyfried as Mickey in ‘Long Bright River’.David Holloway/PEACOCK
Was there one thing that you were most deliberate about changing?
How involved or on board was Liz with those changes?
Liz was involved every step of the way.
Dash Mihok as Lafferty, Amanda Seyfried as Mickey in ‘Long Bright River’.David Holloway/PEACOCK
She was in the writer’s room with us.
She and I co-wrote a bunch of the episodes.
So she was quite a big part of it.
John Doman, Ashleigh Cummings, Liz Moore, Callum Vinson, Amanda Seyfried, Nikki Toscano, Nicholas Pinnock at ‘Long Bright River’ premiere.Noam Galai/Peacock
It also deconstructs the victim narrative as well.
In the book, it was more random.
Well, I think that there’s a lot of different things.
I think first and foremost, this idea of what it means to be a police officer.
Will they be able to rise above it?
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To that end, where do you think these characters go from here?
And by the end of it, they’ve come back together.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Long Bright Riveris now streaming on Peacock.
