‘My character in Netflix thriller Unchosen does deplorable things – I had to love him’

Unchosen star Fra Fee delved into ‘psychological effects of trauma on a kid’ for his research (Picture: Justin Downing/Netflix)

Netflix’s new drama Unchosen is as haunting as it is mesmerising.

The psychological thriller, which has already soared to number one on the top 10 chart, takes place in a setting that I know very little about – a religious cult in modern-day England.

Even Fra Fee, who plays escaped prisoner Sam in the series, was astounded by what he learnt while preparing to play his ‘traumatised’ character.

‘I had no idea that so many groups like this existed in England,’ the Irish actor tells...