Bodkin on Netflix is a dark comedy thriller starring Will Forte playing a podcaster. True crime has never been more popular and this creepy new comedy sees Will Forte as a podcaster investigating the disappearance of three strangers in an idyllic, coastal Irish town. He teams up with some fellow sleuthers to dig into the mystery but what they discover is a bigger, and weirder, story than they could ever have imagined. We’re told the series “challenges our perception of truth and exposes the stories we tell ourselves to justify our beliefs or validate our fears.”
Here’s everything you need to know about seven-part series Bodkin on Netflix….
Bodkin release date
Bodkin is a seven-part series that launches on Netflix from Thursday May 9 2024.
Is there a trailer for Bodkin?
Yes a Bodkin trailer has landed and begins with a knock at the door! Take a look below...
Bodkin plot
Bodkin follows a motley crew of podcasters looking into the mysterious disappearance of three strangers in a small Irish town. However, as they start pulling at the threads of the story, they are hit with some crazy truths and must try to separate fact from fiction when it comes to the case, each other and, most painfully, themselves.
Bodkin cast — Will Forte as Gilbert
In Bodkin, Will Forte stars as podcaster Gilbert. He is best known for starring on Saturday Night Live from 2002 until 2012. He’s also had roles in Netflix fantasy drama Sweet Tooth plus HouseBroken, The Great North, MacGruber, The Last Man on Earth, 30 Rock and Rock of Ages.
Who else is starring in Bodkin?
Bodkin also stars Siobhan Cullen (The Dry) as Dove, Robyn Cara (Ackley Bridge, Trying) as Emmy, David Wilmot (Station Eleven) as Seamus and Chris Walley (The Young Offenders) as Sean O'Shea.
Guest stars incluide Pom Boyd (Mrs. O’Shea), Fionnula Flanagan (Mother Bernadette), Áine Ní Mhuirí (Sister McDonagh), Charlie Kemp (Damien), Pat Shortt (Darragh), Ger Kelly (Teddy), Denis Conway (Sergeant Power), John Olohan (Barry), Brendan Conroy (Cathal), Sean Óg Cairns (Garda Eoin), O’Driscoll (Margaret), Peter Bankolé (Charles), Sabine Timoteo (Annika), Amy Conroy (Fagan), Brendan Conroy (Cathal), Mae Higgins (Jo), Gene Rooney (Bridgit), Barry McGovern (Beckett), Fergus Mulligan (Krtek), David Pearse (Frank), Kerri McLean (Maeve), Charlie Kelly (Fintan), Clodagh Mooney Duggan (Mary) and Pauline McLynn (Brónagh McArdle)
Behind the scenes and more on Bodkin
Bodkin is being filmed in Ireland, The drama's creator Jez Scharf and Alex Metcalf will serve as showrunners and executive producers, alongside executive producers David Flynn, Paul Lee, Tonia Davis, Barack and Michelle Obama, Nne Ebong and director Nash Edgerton.
Bodkin is a Higher Ground production. Co-Showrunner and Executive Producer Alex Metcalf loved filming Bodkin in Ireland “The imaginary town of Bodkin is situated in West Cork, and it's a wild and fabulous landscape. Union Hall really appealed to us as a location and so did its connection to the ocean. The fact that there's a working harbour there, and it's incredibly beautiful. The locals in Union Hall have been incredibly welcoming and helpful, and receptive to our work in the town.”
