Getting Gritty With Richard Dormer, Star of Cinemax’s New Crime Thriller ‘RELLIK’

RELLIK (the word “killer” backwards) is a new crime thriller premiering on Friday, April 13 on Cinemax. The show stars Richard Dormer as Detective Gabriel Markham, an emotionally broken and physically disfigured man pursuing the serial killer who nearly took his life. But as Det. Markham closes in on his suspect, he realizes that his target may actually be innocent. But an acid-throwing murderer isn’t Markham’s only problem as he navigates his inner demons, a complicated family life, and the trauma of being disfigured by an acid attack. Black Nerd Problems: RELLIK embraces a unique way of storytelling. Instead of beginning to end, it tells the story backwards. What can viewers expect to experience watching the show? Richard Dormer: Basically, what a detective does is they see a crime and they have to walk their way back to find out how that crime was done, by who, and why they did it if in fact they had a reason for doing it. That’s exactly what this does. It goes, “Here’s a man who’s fairly damaged insihell-bentt who is hell bent on getting revenge on the person who did this to him. It’s personal.” Because he’s such a narcissistic man to begin with, as we find out as we go further backwards, we realize that he was a womanizing narcissist and immortalizing character. That’s what a detective story is. You’re working your way backwards.

BNP: How did the backwards storytelling inform your approach to the character? Richard Dormer: It didn’t really inform it really. I was just t…