Milo Ventimiglia Teases His New Series 'The Company You Keep': 'There's Action, Excitement & Romance'
Milo Ventimiglia is opening up about his upcoming series, The Company You Keep.
The new series, which was picked up by ABC, is set to premiere in February on the network, and the 45-year-old actor is sharing all he can about the show without giving too much away for fans.
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Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Milo shared why he was eager to play a role that was the opposite of Jack Pearson from This Is Us.
“Charlie Nicoletti in my mind is unremarkable,” Milo says. “He’s very plain, very simple. He tries to be unnoticed, yet when he steps into that con world, he has to put something on that is remarkable and forgettable.”
He adds that “as an actor, it’s challenging to be able to be engaging, and at the same time, people are going to forget you in the same breath if they’re ever talking to law enforcement or anything like that. He’s got to be a chameleon that kind of just disappears. That’s what we’re working on now is understanding what the Nicoletti family’s gotten into, what they’ve been doing in the world of grifting, how their choices are affecting Charlie personally.”
“He’s pretty unlucky in love, and all of a sudden he has this wonderful thing, all predicated on lies with a woman who works in law enforcement, and that puts his family and their livelihood and their world completely in danger,” Milo says. “So it’s complicated. I like that complexity.”
As for what fans can look forward to, Milo says “fun. Just fun.”
“There’s action, there’s excitement, there’s romance, there’s deep emotional notes…It’s enjoyable. We’re not going to bang someone over the head with a message — we’re going to just tell a story and show you these characters that are experiencing things,” Milo adds. “Hopefully people don’t find themselves too similar to Charlie professionally, but maybe personally they can understand what he’s going through.”
He adds, “Or they can look at Emma and not understand what level of national security it takes to hang on to being a CIA officer, but they can identify with a woman who just wants to be in love and find someone to trust. I think there’s just a lot of fun to be had.”
Here’s the summary for the show: A night of passion leads to love between con man Charlie and undercover CIA officer Emma, who are unknowingly on a collision course professionally. While Charlie ramps up the “family business” so he can get out for good, Emma’s closing in on the vengeful criminal who holds Charlie’s family debts in hand – forcing them to reckon with the lies they’ve told so they can save themselves and their families from disastrous consequences. The series is based on the Korean Broadcasting System series entitled “My Fellow Citizens.”
The Company You Keep will premiere Sunday, February 19 at 10 p.m. on ABC.
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