When a new Netflix film drops, there’s usually questions as to whether it was based on a true story. Films like Unorthodox and A Marriage Story have led many to wonder, “Are these real people?” or “Did this really happen?” Sometimes the stories and characters are so powerful and relatable that it seems like truth could be stranger than fiction.
In the case of Netflix’s latest film Beckett, fans are wondering if the events actually happened or were based on some sort of true event. So, is Beckett based on true events? Here’s what we know.
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‘Beckett’ is a political psychological thriller about an American tourist in Greece.
While some of the plot of Beckett could seem plausible (foreigner on vacation getting into trouble), the film is not based on a true story. The conspiracy thriller begins like it could have actually happened. A touristing couple end up in a car accident on an abandoned road in Greece, and suddenly there is trouble with the local authorities.
What starts off as a drama soon turns into a mystery thriller with the main character played by John David Washington on the run. The twist, however, is that the main character has no idea why he’s been hunted down. Beckett director Ferdinando Cito Filomarino told /Film that the starting point for Beckett was the idea of a character going through deep, personal grief and then throwing him into something way bigger than himself.
“This recipe was in fact the premise of the movie for me. I wanted to make it with a dramatic character who is going through a crisis of sorts, and then finds himself in this genre, and has to deal with extraordinary circ*mstances while dealing with his own personal human tragedy,” he explained.
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Viewers may think the film is true because of how relatable the story begins.
The fact that so many wonder if Beckett is based on a true story makes sense when you get into the brain of the director. He told /Film that he wanted a relatability factor when it came to the main character in the film.
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“One way I highlighted the importance of the dramatic character in the context of this thriller was to begin the movie, basically, in a drama. The movie is like a relationship piece in the beginning, right? You see this couple on vacation and they talk about mundane, relatable things, and they are different. They love each other with their differences. She’s more kind of the dominant in the relationship. That, to me, very importantly, set the tone,” he explained.
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Fans are reacting to ‘Beckett’ on Twitter.
Typically when a new Netflix film premieres on the streaming platform, viewers take to Twitter to share their thoughts on the film. Beckett is no different. While the movie is still new, people are already chatting away about the thriller. One fan enjoyed the film and encouraged others to watch as well. “Everyone stop what you are doing and go and watch Beckett on Netflix immediately. What a film,” they wrote.
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Another fan wrote, “Beckett on Netflix. The first new film on Netflix I've actually been able to watch and enjoy to some degree in months. Not the best film or best actor performance ever, very indebted to its predecessors, but in this day and age of huge dumb films, a breath of fresh air.”
Now, Netflix has gifted us with a new film to dig into—Beckett. The fictional action crime film is based on an American tourist named Beckett who goes to Greece with his girlfriend for a holiday.
The film stars John David Washington as an American tourist vacationing in Greece who becomes the target of a manhunt after an accident embroils him in a political conspiracy, and he must reach the embassy to clear his name; Boyd Holbrook, Vicky Krieps, and Alicia Vikander also star.
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Nathan Fillion. Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion, who played a married couple Richard Castle and Kate Beckett on the long-running ABC drama Castle, had major friction behind the scenes, Us Weekly exclusively revealed in April 2016. “Stana would go in her dressing room and cry,” a source told Us.
While investigating the murder of a young woman, Castle and Beckett find evidence that links her death with Senator William H.Bracken, the man responsible for Beckett's mother's murder.
However, the quest for Kerma didn't succeed because Beckett was betrayed by Captain Jack Sparrow, the merchant seaman he trusted enough to place him in charge of his own ship, the merchantman Wicked Wench.
Shootings of the film took place in Athens and at Epirus region at Tsepelovo (Zagori), Vikos gorge, Ioannina, Metsovo and Kalabaka and they were facilitated by the Hellenic Film Commission. Produced by Frenesy Film Company/Memo Films Production and Rai Cinema, in collaboration with RT and Wise Features.
Beckett was shot on locations in Greece. The train station scenes took place in Trikala (Τρίκαλα) which is located in northwestern Thessaly. Trikala, Greece. Photo by THEODOROS LAKIARAS on Unsplash.
The TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board rating indicates that “this program is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a man and a woman kissing while in bed, a fatal car crash with bloody wounds shown, several ...
Gates allows Beckett, fired from her federal job after what happened in the last episode, to assist with the investigation, even though budget cuts have prevented her reinstatement to the precinct.
Though Katic is playing another cop, the star says this character is very different from Kate Beckett, whom she portrayed from 2009 until her untimely exit in 2015, ahead of what was supposed to be a season 9 renewal for Castle, which was subsequently canceled less than a month after her ouster.
Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks) is a senior associate at the largest corporate law firm in Philadelphia. Although he lives with his partner Miguel Álvarez (Antonio Banderas), Beckett is not open about his hom*osexuality at the law firm, nor the fact that he has AIDS.
The movie below shows the Trinity Chapel at Canterbury Cathedral, containing the shrine of St Thomas Becket, as it may have looked on a mid-morning in late summer 1408.
Thomas married Clare Beatrix Becket (born Thompson). Clare was born on month day 1482, in birth place. They had one daughter: Mary Wright (born Becket). Thomas passed away in 1499, at age 24 in death place.
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