Most times in the world of the spy thriller genres, a compromised individual is often neutralized in service to the greater good with national security, but that's not the case in Peacock's The Copenhagen Test, which follows Alexander Hale (Simu Liu), a first generation Chinese-American intelligence analyst who realizes his brain has been hacked, giving the perpetrators access to everything he sees and hears. Creator Thomas Brandon (Legacies), co-showrunner/EP Jennifer Yale (See) and EP James Wan (The Conjuring franchise) spoke to Bleeding Cool about how Brandon's love for the spy genre inspired him to create the series, casting Liu (who's also an EP) and Barrera as the leads, deep diving the psychology of Michelle, and the series' political themes. As a good science fiction writer I realized, "Oh, your eyes and ears being hacked would be the worst thing," and then I started thinking about a low-level analyst in this secretive organization who realizes everything he's looking at is compromising national security, because he is the mole, then paired with the John le Carré's love of spy, I started realizing, "Oh, this is kind of a spy-fi show.
Author: Tom Chang
Published at: 2025-12-23 21:37:03
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