'Copper' star's old-time New York state of mind
Ato Essandoh, left, Kyle Schmid, center and Tom Weston-Jones in “Copper” Credit: Ato Essandoh, left, Kyle Schmid, center and Tom Weston-Jones in “Copper”
New York City police series are a dime a dozen.
But "Copper" - the first original scripted show from BBC America - finds a way to be different. It's set in '64.
That's 1864.
Conceived by Barry Levinson ("Good Morning Vietnam") and Tom Fontana ("Oz," "Homicide"), this gritty, visceral series set during the tail end of the Civil War takes viewers to Fifth Avenue, the Five Points and elsewhere.
The "copper" is immigrant Irish detective Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), who is trying to keep the streets clean with the help of his pals.
He's also dealing with a personal mission: Finding out who killed his daughter and searching for his missing wife.
amNewYork spoke with Weston-Jones.
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