Tahar Rahim and Izuka Hoyle had only just met when the crew snapped cuffs on their wrists \u2013 and made them do roly-polys. The stars of Sky drama Prisoner talk bravery, breast milk and Denzel Washington<\/p>\n
Few devices in film and television are as enduring as the \u201codd couple handcuffed together\u201d. Think Hitchcock\u2019s The 39 Steps, Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis in The Defiant Ones, or Bob Hoskins sawing cuffs off a cartoon Roger Rabbit. It has been parodied and recycled \u2013 and yet, as Sky\u2019s new show Prisoner makes clear, the idea of being stuck with a stranger still packs a punch.<\/p>\n
In Prisoner, the odd couple are Amber Todd, a prisoner transport officer played by rising star Izuka Hoyle (Boiling Point, Big Boys) in her first leading role, and Tibor Stone, a contract killer played by French star Tahar Rahim (The Serpent<\/a>, The Mauritanian<\/a>). It is Todd\u2019s job to get Tibor to his high-profile court hearing at the Old Bailey. But when their convoy is ambushed, they\u2019re forced to flee a relentless crime syndicate. The result is a propulsive six-parter with plenty of twists, turns and handcuffed fight scenes.<\/p>\n
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