The Upcoming
  • Cinema & Tv
    • Movie reviews
    • Show reviews
    • Interviews
    • Film festivals
      • Berlin
      • Cannes
      • Sundance London
      • Venice
      • London
  • Music
    • Live music
    • Album reviews
    • Interviews
  • Food & Drinks
    • News & Features
    • Restaurant & bar reviews
    • Interviews & Recipes
  • Theatre
    • Fringe
    • Vault Festival
    • Interviews
  • Art
  • Travel & Lifestyle
  • Interviews
  • Fashion & Beauty
    • Accessories
    • Beauty
    • News & Features
    • Shopping & Trends
    • Tips & How-tos
    • Fashion weeks
      • London Fashion Week
      • London Fashion Week Men’s
      • New York Fashion Week
      • Milan Fashion Week
      • Paris Fashion Week
      • Haute Couture
  • Join the team
    • Editorial unit
    • Our writers
    • Join the team
    • Join the mailing list
    • Support us
    • Contact us
  • Competitions
  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Instagram

  • YouTube

  • RSS

Culture Interviews Cinema & Tv

“Storytelling is a way we can play with how we see our real lives, but in a safe way”: Toni Collette, John Leguizamo and fellow cast and creatives on The Power

“Storytelling is a way we can play with how we see our real lives, but in a safe way”: Toni Collette, John Leguizamo and fellow cast and creatives on The Power
5th April 2023
Avatar photo
Sarah Bradbury
Avatar
Sarah Bradbury
5 April 2023

Movie and show review

Sarah Bradbury

The Power

Release date

31st March 2023

Platform

Prime Video

The Power is the new ten-part Prime Video series, adapted from the bestselling feminist sci-fi novel of the same name by Naomi Alderman. Developed in an all-female writers’ room, it takes viewers into a world recognisable as our own, but slightly removed, where one day, teenage girls around the globe suddenly have the ability to electrocute people, and can awaken the same ability in older women.

Through it’s slightly on-the-nose fantastical concept, it allows us to imagine what might happen next if old gender power imbalances of our inherited patriarchal system were overturned – if the lack of agency women have over their bodies, the way they are exploited, abused and denied abortion rights, was replaced with a physical strength. Would there be chaos? Revenge, murder and abuse? How would governments respond? The story follows the reactions of five contrasting groups from around the world. As the success of The Handmaid’s Tale has shown, the science-fiction realm can be a fertile place to explore issues prescient in today’s society, the control over women’s bodies being a crucial one, and The Power harnesses that to potent effect.

Ahead of the show landing on Prime Video, we heard from the cast and creatives about the making of show. Toni Collette and John Leguizamo spoke about their roles as Mayor Margot Cleary-Lopez and Dr Rob Lopez, Margot’s husband, and how the show uses its genre to explore topics around gender and power in a way that straightforward drama cannot always reach.

Halle Bush and Heather Agyepong further spoke about their characters, Allie and Ndudi, and the fun they had on-set, while novel writer Alderman shared her reflections on seeing her story come to life on-screen.

Ria Zmitrowicz and Zrinka Cvitešić told us about playing Roxy Monke and Tatiana Moskalev, Raelle Tucker gave us some insight into the writing and creation of the show, and the impact she hopes it will have.

Sarah Bradbury

The Power is released on Amazon Prime Video on 31st March 2023. Read our review here. Watch our red carpet interviews here.

Watch the trailer for The Power here:

Related ItemsinterviewJohn LeguizamoThe PowerToni Collette

More in Cinema & Tv

Earth Mama

★★★★★
Mersa Auda
Read More

Geni

★★★★★
Mersa Auda
Read More

Candy Cane Lane

★★★★★
Guy Lambert
Read More

The Doll Factory

★★★★★
Andrew Murray
Read More

Eileen

★★★★★
Selina Sondermann
Read More

Wish

★★★★★
Guy Lambert
Read More

Girl

★★★★★
Umar Ali
Read More

Archie

★★★★★
Matthew McMillan
Read More

“We are going to see Harry Bosch in dimensions we’ve never seen before”: Michael Connelly on Bosch – Legacy season two

Tilley Bennett
Read More
Scroll for more
Tap

Movie and show review

Sarah Bradbury

The Power

Release date

31st March 2023

Platform

Prime Video

  • Popular

  • Latest

  • TOP PICKS

  • Candy Cane Lane
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • The House of Bernarda Alba at the National Theatre
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • “It’s super important to put attention on childhood, it shapes who children become”: Lila Avilés on Tótem at the Belfast Film Festival
    Culture
  • Earth Mama
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • Peter Pan Goes Wrong at Lyric Theatre
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Earth Mama
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • Candy Cane Lane
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • The Doll Factory
    ★★★★★
    Show review
  • Geni
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story at Alexandra Palace
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Earth Mama
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • Fallen Leaves
    ★★★★★
    Uncategorised
  • The Doll Factory
    ★★★★★
    Show review
  • Tom A Smith at Camden Assembly
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story at Alexandra Palace
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
The Upcoming
  • Contact us
  • Join the team
  • Subscribe to the mailing list
  • Support us
  • Writing for The Upcoming

Copyright © 2011-2023 FL Media