Alan Poul Interview: Tokyo Vice
Executive Producer Alan Poul has a long list of distinguished credits, particularly with HBO, having worked on shows like Six Feet Under, The Newsroom, and Westworld. Now, Poul is producing the newest series from HBO, Tokyo Vice, which covers the memoir by journalist Jake Adelstein, who was the first American to be assigned to the Tokyo crime beat in the 1990s.
The series stars Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Ella Rumpf, Shô Kasamatsu, and Tomohisa Yamashita. The pilot episode is directed by veteran filmmaker Michael Mann, with J.T. Rogers acting as showrunner.
Related: HBO Max: Every Movie & TV Show Coming In April 2022
Screen Rant spoke with Poul about what made Tokyo Vice a good fit for HBO, what Michael Mann brought to the project, shooting entirely in Japan, and the expectations for the show beyond season one.
Screen Rant: Alan, you worked on one of my favorite shows of all time, Six Feet Under...
Alan Poul: Thank you.
Screen Rant: What makes HBO the right home for something like Tokyo Vice?
Alan Poul: You know, my whole career I've only been interested in telling stories that were character driven and stories that are about complex, f*cked up, grown-up characters who try to do the right thing and end up doing the wrong thing for all the right reasons and for those kind of complex and sometimes more literary type stories, I feel like HBO has always had an affinity, always more interested in diving deeply into the character than in creating plot for plot's sake and so I've been very fortunate to do a lot of work for them over the years.
Screen Rant: So, Michael Mann's involvement shines a light on the show, especially since he's so well known, particularly for Miami Vice...
Alan Poul: Yeah, yeah, there's
Read more on screenrant.com
