RCR News Media spoke with the Amazon Freevee Original series stars Thomas Jane and Nicole Chamoun from the crime series Troppo which premieres on May 20th 2022. The series is based on the book from Candice Fox (Author of Crimson Lake, the book the series was based on).
Thomas not only stars in TROPPO but executive produced it with Courtney Lauren Penn under their RENEGADE ENTERTAINMENT production banner. The series was a critical and commercial success in Australia and is now part of Amazon Freevee.
Watch the video interviews below
Troppo is the story of Ted Conkaffey, played by Thomas Jane (The Expanse, The Vanished), an ex-cop falsely accused of committing a disturbing crime, who has escaped to hide away in the tropics of Far North Queensland. As he tries to avoid discovery, he’s drawn into investigating a wild murder and a missing person, alongside a complicated woman named Amanda Pharrell (played by Nicole Chamoun), with dark secrets of her own.
Adapted for television by creator Yolanda Ramke, Troppo is based on the book Crimson Lake, the first novel of a gripping contemporary crime series set in Queensland, Australia, and written by #1 New York Times bestselling author Candice Fox.
Cast
• Thomas Jane as Ted Conkaffey
• Nicole Chamoun as Amanda Pharrell
• David Lyons as Damford
• Sun Park as Yoon Sun
• Yerin Ha as Ah Rah
• Ling Cooper Tang as Hench
• Kate Beahan as Olivia DeGrandi
• Cramer Cain as Wayne Duff • Thomas Weatherall as Charlie
• Peta Wilson as Eve
• Angela Punch McGregor as Dr. Val
• Damien Garvey as Roy
• Simon Lyndon as Twist
Episode Guide
Episode GuideS1 E1 · Episode 1
60 min ·
Amanda Pharrell, an eccentric private investigator with a disturbing criminal past, recruits disgraced ex-cop Ted Conkaffey to help solve the disappearance of a Korean tech pioneer.
S1 E2 · Episode 2
60 min ·
Ted and Amanda’s hard work leads to Jong Min’s remains being found in the river. Amanda is convinced there’s a link between this death and that of her friend, Lars.
S1 E3 · Episode 3
60 min ·
A shocking revelation of an affair leads Amanda and Ted to focus their attention on Yoon Sun and Olivia as prime suspects; Ted is confronted to discover his past is still very much in the present.
S1 E4 · Episode 4
60 min ·
More of Jong Min’s remains are recovered, leading Ted and Amanda’s investigation down a darker path, just as Ted receives bombshell news from home.
S1 E5 · Episode 5
60 min ·
Amanda is shocked to discover the attack on Ted, and she becomes determined to find the culprit behind it.
S1 E6 · Episode 6
60 min ·
A major breakthrough in the investigation becomes threatened when Amanda’s past erupts into the present.
S1 E7 · Episode 7
60 min ·
Amanda takes a huge risk playing Twist and Bryce off against each other, and uncovers the truth about Lars’ death.
S1 E8 · Episode 8
60 min ·
Uncovering the truth about Park’s death brings little comfort for Ted and Amanda; Ted’s digging into Amanda’s past finally pays off, and she is able to confront her demons.
About Renegade Entertainment
Thomas Jane and Courtney Lauren Penn’s Renegade Entertainment has been prolific since launching late in 2019. Since the start of the pandemic the company has completed production on Murder at Emigrant Gulch, starring Gabriel Byrne, Isaiah Mustafa, and Thomas Jane; Dig, starring Thomas Jane, Harlow Jane, and Emile Hirsch; The Last Son, starring Thomas Jane, Sam Worthington, and Colson Baker; and Slayers, starring Abigail Breslin, Thomas Jane, and Malin Akerman. Renegade is in production on their first scripted series Troppo, based on the bestselling novel by Candice Fox. Among their projects in development, Renegade is producing a comic series The Lycan, continuing the Malone franchise with a sequel to the cult fan favorite Give ‘em Hell Malone, and producing an adaptation of Stephen King’s From a Buick 8, marking the fourth collaboration between Jane and King, following 1922, The Mist, and Dreamcatcher.
