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SERIES: SURFACE With Gugu Mbatha-Raw Films on Closed Block of Downtown Vancouver

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SERIES: SURFACE With Gugu Mbatha-Raw Films on Closed Block of Downtown Vancouver

Apple TV+ thriller Surface starring Loki’s Gugu Mbatha-Raw is filming on a closed block of Downtown Vancouver today.

Surface is an elevated thriller about Sophie (Gugu Mbatha-Raw)’s quest to rebuild her life after a suicide attempt, and her struggle to remember – and understand – everything that led up to the moment when she jumped.

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Surface started filming in Vancouver on June 25th.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Oliver Jackson-Cohen on Day 1.

Filming dates: June 25th to October 22nd, 2021.

Working title: Madeline.

Production sign: MDLN.

Episodes: 8.

Gugu Mbatha-raw as Ravonna Renslayer on Loki.

Cast:  Gugu Mbatha-raw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ari Graynor, Stephan James, François Arnaud, Marianne Jean Baptiste, Millie Brady.

Oliver Jackson-Cohen is James, Sophie’s husband and a partner in a venture capital firm.

Ari Graynor is Caroline, an heiress and old friend of Sophie and James.

Stephan James is Baden, an undercover cop with a connection to Sophie.

François Arnaud is Harrison, a colleague and friend of James.

Marianne Jean Baptiste is Hannah, Sophie’s therapist.

Millie Brady is Eliza, a mysterious woman with a connection to Sophie’s past.

Showrunner: Veronica West.

Director: Sam Miller.

Producers: Hello Sunsine’s Reese Witherspoon & Lauren Neustadter, Apple Studios..