2/20/2023 0 Comments Dark woods podcast cast![]() ![]() I mean, it's crime on the land that we hold most dear. There's been stories pouring in about the Mexican cartel moving in and building out what started as clandestine marijuana grow operations that are now small towns with guns, drugs. We thought that was a really interesting setup for a story and looking at some of the issues that have plagued national parks in recent years. With that in mind, it's the National Park Service and the Department of Fish and Game. It's not your local police enforcing laws within the parks. We were really enamored with the idea of doing something with the national parks, with the basic premise that our national and state parks aren't under local jurisdiction. The real-world issues are an interesting place to start because it was a big inspiration for us when thinking about the series. But how can even a company like Wolf Entertainment set up a recording studio for an actress while she’s off filming a whole other show in a whole other place, like Raymund with Hightown? Elliot Wolf detailed how the podcast pulled it off: And who better to trust than the people that you've already worked with and know can hit out of the park? So they were our first calls.Īnybody who has already checked out Dark Woods can probably agree that Monica Raymund and Corey Stoll were great choices as the first calls to play Laura and Mark, not to mention Veep's Reid Scott. You know, going back to what I said beforehand, the story is as much of a character drama as it is a thriller, and especially knowing that we were going to be doing remote production, we really needed some actors and actresses that could shine through. The casting process in itself was sitting down with a team and thinking about who would be right for these roles. So it was an awesome opportunity to work with all three of them. And I had been a fan of Reid for a while because I watched Veep. Corey worked with us in Law & Order: Los Angeles. So we have a great relationship with her. Monica is obviously really close with the entire Wolf team, not only from starring in Chicago Fire, but also directing episodes of several Wolf shows. According to Elliot Wolf, there were some big reasons why Raymund and Corey Stoll were top picks for the lead roles: ![]() Monica Raymund managed to pull double duty by recording her role as Dark Woods’ Laura while also working on Starz’s Hightown, with her co-stars spread across the country. Remote recording wasn't necessary with Wolf Entertainment's first scripted podcast, Hunted, that starred Parker Posey. ![]() I mean, it's a testament to our director, Takashi Doscher, to be able to direct them all, and stitch all the performances together.ĭark Woods was in development prior to production complications due to COVID-19, but Elliot Wolf and the rest of the team behind Dark Woods made it happen despite not being able to record the cast in person. Corey Stoll was in New York and Reid Scott was in LA. Monica Raymund was recording on the set of Hightown, her series for Starz. We recorded all across the country, sending remote kits to our cast. So anybody that you're hearing in the podcast was not actually in the same room with the other characters. We handled production completely remotely. The pandemic definitely slowed us down, but introduced some unique challenges, which I think the team overcame in some innovative ways. Elliot Wolf shared that the issue that inspired the development of Dark Woods as a “character drama that's set on the backdrop of some real world issues" resulted in some creative strategies for production, including with the cast: Two episodes of Dark Woods have released so far to set up the story of Monica Raymund’s Laura and Corey Stoll’s Mark following the death of a young woman in the California redwood forest, which kicks off a mystery that could change the lives (and livelihoods) of a lot of small town locals due to drug cartels operating within the national park.
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