The series "Counterattack" (2010-2015) - a television film produced in the UK. In 2016-2017 The continuation of this cinematic project in the genre of spy drama was filmed. The premiere of the pilot series took place on May 5, 2010 with age restrictions for viewing (16+). The actors of the series āCounterattackā are Richard Armitage, Philip Winchester, Michelle Luces, Ron Mitra, Sullivan Stapleton, Robson Green and others. The project received an Emmy Award nomination in 2012 in the category of āBest Opening Captionsā. Filming of the adventure series took place in Hungary and South Africa.
Synopsis
Actors and creators of the series "Counterattack" represent the British feature television movie adventure genre. The protagonist of the first season of this series is a soldier John Porter. Once in Iraq, he led the hostage rescue operation, which culminated in the deaths of several of them and two American soldiers involved in their release. Seven years later, Porter returned to this country as an employee of the 20th MI-6 intelligence department to save journalist Katie Dartmouth kidnapped by unknown persons. He will have to face the same terrorists with whom he fought during the last mission.
Interesting Facts
- The creator of the film, Andy Harris, was thinking about filming this series after he met Chris Ryanās novel during his vacation. Returning to work, the producer turned to the department of the Sky channel, which specializes in the production of serial format dramas, with a proposal to film the book. The proposal was accepted, and soon the writer Chris Ryan was invited to this project as a consultant.
- The actor of the series āCounterattackā Richard Armitage, who played the main role in it, in the process of preparing for his role for several months intensively performed various physical exercises, mastered small arms, which later helped him independently perform all the tricks.
- The actors of the series āCounterattackā were taught to handle small arms and grenades correctly. He was shown how to disassemble and assemble weapons, how to reload them and how to fire.
- The acting profession is not the easiest, as it might seem at first glance. Very often, performers have to put up with almost field conditions. The second half of 2009, the actors of the series āCounterattackā held in the Kalahari desert, where part of the filming took place.
- Local residents were warned in advance about the start of work so that they would not be scared when they heard the sounds of gunfire and explosions.
- Work on the film had to be interrupted periodically due to poisonous snakes crawling onto the set.
Porter Performer
Richard Armitage is an actor in the series "Counterattack." The role performed by him is John Porter, a special forces soldier, the protagonist of the first season. Richard Armitage was born on August 22, 1971 in the family of an engineer and secretary. In childhood, was fond of music and dancing. At the age of 17, he worked in a circus troupe, then in a musical theater. Graduate of the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (London). He played in theatrical productions of the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2002, he turned his eyes to the cinema, playing a role in the television movie "Sparkhouse".
New roles of Armitage
In 2017, the actor played the main role in the movie āLunaticā - a thriller about a woman named Sarah, who for a long period of time was exhausted from insomnia, who finally decides to seek help from the clinic without seeing any other solution to the problem. In the same year, appeared in the full-length film āPilgrimageā - an adventure drama about 1209, when several monks make a pilgrimage, passing through the lands enveloped in the flames of war. Now actor Richard Armitage is involved in the project āOcean's 8 Friendsā.
Sergeant
Philip Winchester - actor of the series "Counterattack", who played the role of Sergeant Michael Stonebridge, the protagonist of the second season of the series. Actor Richard Armitage was not able to play the role of Porter on an ongoing basis, as he was busy in Peter Jackson's āThe Hobbitā project, which prompted the creators of āRetaliatory Strikeā to bring another hero to the forefront. Winchester performed it.
The actor was born March 24, 1981 in the city of Belgrade (USA) in an American-English family. A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Drama. As an actor, he took part in the creation of 28 cinematographic projects, including the feature film Squadron Lafayette and the series Alice in Wonderland, 24 Hours: Live Another Day, Edge. Winchester came to the cinema in 1998, playing the role in the action movie "Patriot" with Stephen Seagal.
New Winchester Roles
In 2015, he received a supporting role in the TV series "Doctors Chicago." Then he played one of the title roles in the crime drama "The Player", where the image of the main character on the screen was embodied by actor Wesley Snipes. In 2017, Philip Winchester appeared in the movie Justice of Chicago, a drama about the service of Chicago prosecutors. In it, he got the main role.
Performer as Head of Department
Actress Ron Mitra, who is on the list of actors of the series āCounterattack,ā played the role of Major Rachel Dalton, head of the special unit. She is one of the main heroines of the third season of this cinematic project.
Rhona Mitra was born in the city of London (UK) on August 9, 1976. Her track record includes 53 cinematographic projects, including feature films āThe Life of David Galeā, āFatal Number 23ā, and the series āCounter Strike,ā Stargate: The Universe, āThe Gate,ā āParts of the Body.ā The first role was played at the age of eight. In 1994, she appeared in the TV series "Five of Us" - a drama about the fate of young brothers and sisters who recently lost their parents.
New roles of Rona Mitra
In 2014, the actress played a role in the series "The Last Ship" - a drama about the journey of people on board the destroyer, in an era when the planet almost became uninhabited due to an epidemic of the virus that killed billions of human lives. In the same year, she played in another fantastic cinematic project - āStrainā, events in which begin to develop after a dead plane infected with a strange virus is found in a plane landing at a New York airport.
Finally
The first season of the series consisted of six episodes lasting 45 minutes each. In 2015, the fifth season of the series āCounterattackā was released; two years later, the sixth was presented to the audience. The television movie is based on the works of the novelist Chris Ryan.