Stay Close star jokes he relates to 'tragic' life in Netflix show 'Declined into cess pit'
STAY CLOSE is Harlan Coben's latest Netflix mystery drama that features actor Richard Armitage who, in an exclusive interview, joked he strangely relates to his character.
By Hayley Anderson
05:00, Sat, Jan 8, 2022

Stay Close is based on the novel of the same name by American best-selling author Harlan Coben. In 2018, Coben struck up a multi-million dollar five-year deal with Netflix, giving the streamer permission to bring his books to life with each one going down a storm with subscribers. Fans of Coben's series will remember that actor Richard Armitage played the lead in The Stranger but now he is back for a brand new role in Stay Close.

The Stranger premiered on Netflix in January 2020, telling the story of family man Adam Price's (played by Richard Armitage) world falling apart.

After watching his children's football match, Adam is caught up in a brief conversation with a stranger who forces him to question certain events in his life.

This ultimately leads to the disappearance of his wife and more confusion follows as the truth quickly unravels.

Armitage was welcomed back into the world of Coben as he was cast for Stay Close which saw him take on a completely new part.

Stay Close sees the lives of Meg (Cush Jumbo), Ray (Armitage), Lorraine (Sarah Parrish) and Detective Broome (James Nesbitt) turned upside down after a young man goes missing.

Armitage portrays Ray, a paparazzi photographer who put his life's ambitions on hold as he became obsessed with finding the love of his life Meg who left without warning.

For more than a decade, Ray hasn't been able to move on, with some of Meg's pictures still hung up on his wall.

While speaking to press, including Express.co.uk, Armitage joked that he could relate to this unfortunate lifestyle.