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George Mason, Keiynan Lonsdale, Robyn Malcolm, Ashleigh Cummings Attend World Premiere Of BINGE Original Series Run

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To celebrate the new BINGE Original series RUN, stars GEORGE MASON, KEIYNAN LONSDALE, ROBYN MALCOLM, and ASHLEIGH CUMMINGS walked the red carpet for the world premiere at The Cell Block Theatre in Darlinghurst (Tuesday 9 December).

Members of the ensemble cast were also in attendance including DAVID HOWELL, MIA ARTEMIS, CHRISTIAN BYERS, ROXIE MOHEBBI and OSCAR REDDING as well as filmmakers and producers including Directors Ben Young and Bonnie Moir, Executive Producers Hamish Lewis (WBITVP) and Lana Greenhalgh (Foxtel Group), as well as writer Sarah Walker.

Also in attendance was Brenden Abbott’s son James Abbott and former detective Glen Potter.

BINGE Original series RUN is a high octane 1980s/90’s crime drama based on infamous Australian bank robber Brenden Abbott (AKA ‘the Postcard Bandit’), premiering 1 January on BINGE, with all six episodes dropping at once. The extraordinary life of Australia’s most notorious bank robber, Brenden Abbott, is dramatized in this action-packed series about his unprecedented career in crime and chaotic life on the run.

George Mason (The Power of the Dog, The Survivors) leads the cast as Brenden Abbott, with Robyn Malcolm (After The Party, The Survivors), Ashleigh Cummings (Citadel, Long Bright River, Hounds of Love), and Keiynan Lonsdale (Swift Street, The Flash) starring alongside him. Each portrays a pivotal figure in Abbott’s turbulent life and the law enforcement network determined to bring him down.

The ensemble cast includes David Howell (Narrow Road to the Deep North, Strife), Mia Artemis (Sweet Tooth, The Secrets She Keeps), Christian Byers (Bump, The Narrow Road to the Deep North), Roxie Mohebbi (He Had It Coming, Critical Incident), Oscar Redding (Top of the Lake, The Twelve), Anthony Hayes (Mystery Road, Gold, The Twelve), Jayden Popik (Mystery Road, A Perfect Pairing) and Lee Tiger Halley (Boy Swallows Universe, Beast of War). Casting by Nikki Barrett.

Production credit: Run is a 6 x 1-hour drama series produced by Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia for the Foxtel Group, with major production investment from Screenwest and the Western Australian Production Attraction Incentive. The series is produced in association with, and distributed internationally by, ITV Studios. Producer is Hamish Lewis alongside Series Producer Matt Noonan and Executive Producers Michael Brooks, Ben Young, Lana Greenhalgh and Penny Win. Directors are Ben Young and Bonnie Moir. Written by Sarah L. Walker alongside Matt Cameron, Scout Cripps and Anthony Hayes. Based on “Australian Outlaw - The True Story of Postcard Bandit Brenden Abbott” by Derek Pedley.

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Bookings for the Run Experience (reimagining of Supercell 117) are now open at PaniQ Room website.

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It does look interesting but the title is terrible. “Run” is bland and easily forgettable. Plus it’s been recently used for another TV series.

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They should have called it “The Postcard Bandit” which many are already familiar with. But they wasted the title on the accompanying documentary series.

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Interview with Ashleigh Cummings (Jackie Lewis)

Interview with George Mason (Brenden Abbott)

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James Manning’s interview with Hamish Lewis, executive producer and head of scripted for Warner Bros. International TV Australia

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“Episode one starts off with a bang and it just goes harder and harder after that,” was Lewis’ summary of Run’s momentum.

As to the workload of leading man George Mason as Brenden Abbott, Lewis says: “This is his first leading role and he was on every day of the shoot, bar one, and he’s in almost every scene. He rides a roller coaster of emotions – there’s super high octane physical scenes that he had to prepare for, plus fight scenes, sex scenes, emotional scenes, fun scenes, he had the works.

“He was so prepared, so nuanced, his performances were so complex, he really stepped up to the plate. It is the story of Brenden Abbott and it’s a portrayal that feels genuine to Brenden himself. He’s incredibly smart, incredibly articulate and incredibly charismatic but also is able to hold his own in a room full of other criminals and police officers and he has a real presence.”

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Have started watching this but finding it difficult to keep watching. Why do they have to drag these stories out into six episodes when they could have told the story in two or four?

Not a fan of making these series look so gritty and dark with everyone made look unattractive.

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I’ve watched the whole series now and I have to say it was rather disappointing. I feel like every crime drama series keeps trying to recreate the Underbelly series with the way they tell these stories.

Knowing parts of this story from seeing documentaries, it’s quite frustrating how they changed so much of the story to make it more dramatic.

I think it’s frustrating to see these cop characters pursuing the criminals for the whole series when you know that there were actually many detectives and police involved in pursuing him and solving the crimes.

It became ridiculous when they added stuff into the story like when the detective from Western Australia went to his house in South Australia and questioned his girlfriend, while Brenden Abbott was in the house. Then Abbott confronted and threatened the detective with a gun but then ran away which never happened.

And while it’s good that they try to have more diversity in scripted series these days, it feels inaccurate when you’re doing a period drama and your lead detective is African Australian and the girlfriend is Middle Eastern Australian when that wasn’t the case in real life.