The film is directed by Tom Kingsley (Stath Lets Flats) and stars Bryce Dallas Howard as an improv comedy coach who gets recruited by the police to complete a sting operation that takes her to the heart of London's criminal underworld.
As far-fetched as that might seem, the film was actually inspired – albeit rather loosely – by a true story. Intrigued? Read on for everything you need to know.
Is Deep Cover based on a true story? Writers Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen explain
"Well, we owe the original idea to not only two other writers – but reality," Ashenden explained.
He continued: "Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly, who are the writing partnership best known for the Jurassic World franchise, developed an idea from that and said, 'What about if it was improv comics?' And they developed a story and a script but it didn't happen.
"So yeah, that's the origin point, a glimmer of something true!"
View oEmbed on the source website"I think there are probably useful elements we were able to bring to bear on the psychology of the three main characters," Owen explained. "Our priority with the three main characters was giving them three very different perspectives on live performance.
"So Bryce Dallas Howard's character is an expert improv comedian, she teaches a class. Orlando Bloom's character is an actor who uses improv comedy as a tool to improve his character work, but he's a very intense and serious actor, and Nick isn't a performer at all – he's enrolled in the improv comedy class to try and improve his communication skills, and he's a nervous wreck.
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For their part, the cast were also surprised to find out that there was an element of truth to the film's concept – indeed, Bloom explained to RadioTimes.com that our interview with him was the first time he had heard this information.
"But yeah, it's really... I mean, it sounds like the premise to a film, which it obviously is now!"
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