The following contains spoilers from the premiere of Prime Video’s Alex Cross TV series, which is now streaming all eight Season 1 episodes.

To go pastIn Prime Video’s adaptation of James Patterson’s Alex Cross novels, we didn’t waste much time in revealing to viewers the identity of the serial killer who would come to annoy the DC police detective (played by Aldis Hodge) and his partner John Sampson (Isaiah Mustafa). ).

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The series premiere initially showed us only brief glimpses of a shadowy figure torturing a kidnap victim, en route to transforming said captive into a replica of a famous serial killer.

And by the end of the episode, it’s revealed that Ed Ramsey, the mover and shaker in DC’s elite social and political circles, is actually set to write The Fanboy, a series of tributes to like-minded killers.

To go past showrunner Ben Watkins told TVLine his goal in designing The Fanboy for this original story was: Negative The purpose of basing any Patterson novel was to move away from the stereotype that has prevailed since then. The Silence of the LambsHannibal Lecter.

“A lot of this has to do with who we cast to play Ed Ramsey,” Watkins said of actor Ryan Eggold, best known to TV audiences for his roles on the series. Blacklist And New Amsterdam.

“I wanted to make a younger, more charismatic, more seductive, more physical serial killer,” Watkins explains. “I felt like this was something that hadn’t been done and that it would surprise people.”

When casting a younger, more handsome actor like Eggold, Watkins says, “every now and then you may find yourself caring about this character and realizing how easy it would be for them to lure you into their trap.” But what you also gain, says the EP, “is you get to see them go head-to-head with Alex Cross and maybe get the upper hand, which makes for a great show.”

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