Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston and Hawkeye’s Fra Fee star in Netflix’s upcoming psychological thriller series Out of the Dust. The cast also includes Sex Education’s Asa Butterfield, Three Girls’ Molly Windsor, and Time’s Siobhan Finneran. Filming in the United Kingdom has begun on the six-part Netflix show written by Julie Gearey (Intergalatic) and directed by Philippa Langdale (A Discovery of Witches) and Jim Loach (Criminal Record).
According to Variety, Out of the Dust focuses on Rosie (Windsor), who lives with her husband, Adam (Butterfield), and their daughter in a conservative Christian cult. Her beliefs are challenged when she encounters an escaped convict (Fee). His character gives Rosie insight into a life of freedom and sexual awakening that she has never known within her deeply religious community, leaving her torn between the cult’s darkness and the mysterious darkness of Fee’s character. Meanwhile, Eccleston and Finneran play a married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips.
Out Of The Dust Can Make Up For Fra Fee’s Previous Netflix Disappointment
Netflix’s Rebel Moon Was Not Well-Received
While Fee played Kazi in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s well-received Disney+ series Hawkeye, he more recently played the villainous Regent Balisarius in Netflix’s Rebel Moon films. Zack Snyder had ambitious plans to turn Rebel Moon into a full-fledged science-fiction franchise with numerous sequels, spinoffs, and games that would rival Star Wars. Despite this, the two Rebel Moon films released so far have been critically panned, although the director’s cuts received a slightly warmer reception.
As the overarching villain of the series, Fee has had limited screentime in the franchise so far, with Admiral Atticus Noble (Ed Skrein) being at the forefront. Snyder has expressed interest in exploring Balisarius’ rise to power in a spinoff series starring Fee. Given Rebel Moon’s poor reviews and the films not reaching the viewership heights they were meant to capture, Fee may not have an opportunity to showcase Balisarius in future sequels or in a spinoff.
Out of the Dust is more promising for Fee, as his convict character will be at the center of the narrative, and will not be mostly relegated to infrequent flashbacks and future sequels that may not come to fruition. The temptations and new experiences Fee’s character offers Rosie will provide much of the conflict and intrigue in the psychological thriller. The upcoming Netflix series is an opportunity for Fee to better demonstrate his talents alongside Eccleston and the rest of the talented cast.