21 festivals and 38 awards in, actor and filmmaker Richard Goss is still on the road with black comedy psychological thriller, Fried, starring Goss alongside Jake McDaid. Independently funded and produced by Goss who co-directed with Jessica Crooks, Fried presents a half-hour tale told in four acts for its webseries format, notably inspired by previous works such as Bruce Robinson’s Withnail & I, Jon S. Baird’s Filth and Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges.
Exploring themes of poverty, social class, mental illness and addiction, Fried chronicles the travails of a psychotic call centre worker, and a depressed waiter as they struggle with minimum-wage life in London. The result is a largely contained story that brews with chilling effect between unnerving and visceral blackouts, elevating from murderous and suicidal ideations, to violent, drug-fuelled, head-trippy machinations that unravel with gory resolve and a climax that will surely have you on the edge of your seat.
That’s about all I can say without spoiling the webseries or throwing in another David Fincher nod, but do check out the trailer below and follow Goss and his exploits on Instagram!
