Thirteen years after the critically acclaimed film Nothing But the Truth, actress Kate Beckinsale is stepping down as a journalist again with the dark-comedy series Guilty Party. Beckinsale plays Beth Burgess, an award-winning journalist who is vilified after being accused of falsifying a quote. She then begins an investigation into the case of a wrongly accused black woman to save her reputation. Guilty Party, created by Dead to Me and New Girl fame writer Rebecca Edelman, is a murder mystery, satire and thriller all rolled into one.
In a roundtable discussion to promote Guilty Party, Beckinsale opened up about her character, her experience playing a journalist, and her experience shooting the film amid the pandemic. Beckinsale opened up about playing a complex character with shades of grey. “What attracted me was that he is in a free moment in his life where nothing is going well. She doesn’t know how to pull herself out of it and is desperate. She can be short-sighted and ignorant about some things and she can be hot-brained, but I think she’s essentially a decent person. The way she reacts impulsively is like a child reacting to things, and I liked that about her. But he doesn’t get much help. Even if he has had healing it’s not really good. So she doesn’t know herself. I think he’s at a crisis point in his life where everything feels like a lot of pressure. So when I feel like she finds herself doing things she normally wouldn’t.”
The actress also talked about preparing to play a journalist in the show. She said, “She’s American so I had to do some dialect work. We weren’t able to visit any offices because it was in the middle of a pandemic. So the preparation was mostly about reading various books. I got John Found Ronson’s book So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, which was really helpful because there was a story about a journalist who was embarrassed for not using a quote. Rebecca also suggested some books about journalism that were really I was also lucky enough to go to the LA Times office a few years ago for another film (Nothing But the Truth). Because when we did that the world was really closed.”
The other main character in the show is Tony Plimpton, who is accused of murdering and crippling her husband. Tony denies that she was behind the murder and says that her captivity was racially motivated. Beckinsale opened up about Beth and Tony’s bond, and her experience working with actress Jules Latimer. “It was so fascinating to watch the relationship between two women who usually never met or became friends. They have nothing in common and probably just wouldn’t like each other. It was important for them to see each other’s experiences as one. The emphasis on the take together is really touching, even if it’s within a dark comedy format. My scenes with Jules are very special and I’m really excited about it.”
When viewers meet Beth Burgess on the show, she is going through a very short time in her life and career. When asked if she has faced such moments in her career, the actress said, “My job is very different from hers, mainly because I can’t always be at the same job. She was really into good stuff, she Won an award, and she was very happy to be in that paper. And then she got infamous. I think everything that happens to her is because of being very humiliated and shocked. And that’s what’s motivating her. So far I don’t think I’ve been in that position in my work. Also for actors, the moment a work ends, we have to find something different. When you become an actor you become an actor for those things. Per long apprenticeships that you haven’t done before. That’s why we’re crazy. I think more intelligent people get jobs and stick to it.”
However, Beckinsale also relates to his character and has empathy for him. “I haven’t been in that situation, but I can definitely relate to doing things more casually when I’ve been in more difficult moments in my life. I think she’s bright and smart and she has There are so many things to learn about her life. She has many unresolved issues with her parents. I think she is bold and I like her a lot even though she does a variety of unpleasant things. There’s a reason I like her so much that although she’s behaving casually, she’s not stupid,” she signed off.
Guilty Party also stars Laurie Davidson, Andre Hyland, Tia Sarkar, Geoff Stults and Alana Ubach. The show is streaming on Voot Select.
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