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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How isOne of Us Is Lyingdifferent from your last teen murder mystery series,Elite?
DARIO MADRONA:On the surface, they do kind of feel similar.
Annalisa Cochrane and Chibuikem Uche on ‘One of Us Is Lying’ (inset: Dario Madrona).Nicola Dove/Peacock; Inset: Eduardo Parra/Getty Images
It’s a murder, it’s high school, it’s teenage kids.
But if you dig a little deeper, they’re different in tone.
They have to get out of this sticky situation.
Cooper van Grootel, Chibuikem Uche, Mark McKenna, Annalisa Cochrane, and Marianly Tejada on ‘One of Us Is Lying’.Nicola Dove/Peacock
So the stakes feel higher throughout the show.
What setsOne of Us Is Lyingapart from all the other teen murder mystery shows that have come before?
That kind of light in the story, that’s not common in murder mysteries.
What is it about this genre that keeps bringing you back to it?
I honestly just found myself doing these two shows back-to-back.
I didn’t look for it, but it did happen.
What I find myself attracted to is I love mysteries.
But at the same time, it’s almost an excuse to tell the story of these characters.
Everything is a matter of life and death.
Failing an exam is life and death.
Your best friend not calling you back is a matter of life and death.
We all love the book, so we wanted to be faithful to it.
I think they will just lose patience and not follow you for the journey.
What are you most excited for people to see from season 1?
Funny enough, I think I’m most excited for the small stuff.
Some scenes, some character interactions.
Those little moments, to me, are the ones that I’m excited to see what people think.
And then of course the big twists as well.
