The brand-new series, which debuted on October 2, is based on novel The Price You Pay by author Nick Harkaway (under the pen name Aiden Truhen). The The show follows Jackie (Zeta-Jones), a wealthy, high-end art dealer who happens to be hiding a not-so-high-end past (think drugs, danger and lots of bad guys). Unfortunately for Jackie, someone disrupts her new life by hiring the deadly Seven Demons hit-squad to, well, “kill Jackie.”
First of all, as a longtime fan of Zeta-Jones, I’ve got to say that this part feels very different for her. She’s been in action-thrillers (like Entrapment) and drug films (like Traffic) before, but this particular role shows a new side of the actress. She delivers a performance that is greatly nuanced—at once funny and deadly, caring and not willing to take any bullshit. Her character, who is clearly capable of some pretty terrible things, has a subdued energy that makes her easy to empathize with and root for.
