WithThe Hot Zone: Anthraxnow streaming on Hulu, I recently got to speak with executive producers/showrunnersKelly SoudersandBrian Petersonabout making the scientific thriller. Based on true events, the limited series takes place a few weeks after the 9/11 attacks, when someone mailed letters containing anthrax to unsuspecting victims in Florida, Washington, D.C., and New York. The series follows a team of FBI agents and scientists as they try and figure out who was responsible for the attack.
If you don’t remember the time after 9/11, or you weren’t born yet, the series does a good job capturing how nervous everyone was in the weeks after the attack, wondering what might happen next, and if something much worse than 9/11 was on the horizon. So, when the anthrax letters started killing people, it caused widespread fear throughout the country and every section of our government was on high alert to prevent another terrorist attack.The Hot Zone: AnthraxstarsDaniel Dae Kimas an FBI agent with a specialty in microbiology,Tony Goldwynas Dr.Bruce Ivins(a brilliant microbiologist),Dawn Olivieri,Ian Colletti,Dylan Baker,Morgan Kelly,Denyce Lawton,Carlos Gonzalez-Vio,Vanessa Matsui,Enrico Colantonias MayorRudy Giuliani, andHarry Hamlinas NBC news anchorTom Brokaw.Kelly SoudersandBrian Petersonserved as executive producers and showrunners.
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During the interview, Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson talked about howThe Hot Zone: Anthraxcaptures that nervous energy of the time after 9/11, how they decided on six episodes, balancing the line of fact and fiction when telling a story based on real events, how everyone decided on the Anthrax storyline, and more. In addition, years ago Souders and Peterson worked onSmallville, so we discussed their time on the series and why the fan mail meant so much to them.
Watch what Kelly Souder’s and Brian Peterson had to say in the player above and below is exactly what we talked about.
Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson
