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Although the Amazon Prime Video crime drama ‘Bosch’ ended its seven seasons in June 2021, the story of Harry Bosch, who is still played by actor Titus Welliver, continues on Amazon with the sequel, ‘Bosch: Legacy‘, whose first season of ten episodes premieres this Friday, May 6. The second is already confirmed.
Playing detective Bosch, created by the Californian author Michael Connelly, changed the career of Welliver, an actor who, before landing the character, did not find his place in Hollywood and was forced to play secondary roles. «Retrieve the character to launch a platform [en Estados Unidos, a través de Amazon Freevee, anteriormente IMDb TV] It is a risk that I allow myself as an actor and as an executive producer of the sequel.
It’s getting harder and harder to launch a new series, productions get more expensive as they get older, and having the chance to reinstate a character adored by the audience is a sure thing,” the actor explains.
After turning in his badge and leaving the Los Angeles Police Department, Bosch is now a private investigator working with his former rival, attorney Money Chandler (Mimi Rogers), while Bosch’s daughter Maddie, played by Madison Lintz, follows in her father’s footsteps at the police department. “Maddie is very independent and she is going to create her own career within the police force. She is a rookie trying to distance herself from the image that her classmates have of her father, but, unlike Bosch, she has an inclination to follow the rules. Perhaps because of Honey’s influence, Maddie wants to follow directions while remaining the determined and courageous young woman she’s always been,” Lintz said in an interview with ABC.
And Bosch had Welliver as the protagonist, in ‘Legacy’ we see that the responsibility is more shared among the actors in the cast. “Structurally, the sequel is different. We are before a Bosch retired trying to find his way and, although he has always been a non-conformist and a lone wolf, he admits in the first chapters that he misses his life in the police. That he misses being a policeman. Bosch he also misses relationships with his peers, work and what it means to represent the corps in Los Angeles. His work as a private investigator is not as satisfying as he expected. Harry has too much free time to think and he doesn’t like that. He wants to be busy because he is not a man who wants to learn to knit or collect objects. It’s not until a case comes along that he feels committed to his new occupation, but even then he tries to pursue something he no longer has. When he realizes the implications of the case and the moral dilemma that it implies, we will see Harry return to being himself, “confessed Welliver.
A significant change in ‘Bosch: Legacy’ is that after an earthquake, Harry’s house on the side of a hill in Los Angeles becomes uninhabitable. “The House of Bosch she is so intimately connected to him that moving in changes him completely. But Harry is Harry and he hasn’t given up losing the house, so we’ll see if he comes back.”
Harry Bosch has transformed the career of Welliver, a veteran of series such as ‘Sons of Anarchy’, ‘Lost’ or ‘Deadwood’, into a leading actor in a successful series. «Harry Bosch he transformed my career when I was already 50. Being able to interpret him has been an enormous blessing, and I am very grateful to Michael Conelly for this opportunity. I don’t feel ready to give up the role and I want to continue playing it because Harry is such a nuanced character.” Welliver acknowledges having examined his ‘alter ego’ over the years. “Harry doesn’t subscribe to the kind of social norms of propriety and protocol. He doesn’t listen to talkers, he’s a direct guy who’s motivated by danger. He would say that Harry is a street cat, wild. When you corner him, he scratches you. In this sequel we are going to see a more street Harry, more dangerous. He is no longer trapped within the rules of the Police and operates in a much more dangerous way. Without a doubt, the Harry of ‘Legacy’ it’s more dangerous,” admits Welliver.
At the heart of the narrative ‘Bosch: Legacy’ The relationship between father and daughter is maintained. “That relationship worked well with the audience because they are two loners who trust each other. There is a certain vulnerability in their relationship and that connects with the public. Bosch it only opens up through his family. That is an essential core of this series, and to some extent of its success.”
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