Edward Stratton
Julien first meets Edward in a hospital room after having suffered a panic attack.
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He is a British man living in Antwerp, but is in Amsterdam searching for his missing niece, a junkie who has gone missing whilst working in the cities notorious sex industry.
He tells Julien that Natalie is all he has, having split from his wife some years ago. He is desperate, and Julien promises to do everything to help him find her.
Q&A with Tom Hollander
Tell us about Edward’s character? What is his background story?
Edward is on his own and the character is a very isolated, lonely figure
Edward is quite a sad chap. He doesn’t have a very good job in logistics which he is barely holding on to. When we first meet him in episode one, he is a desperate man. His niece, who is a prostitute in the Red Light District in Amsterdam, has gone missing and he is trying to find her. She’s been gone for two days and he'd running around the Red Light District showing her picture to anyone who will look at it - including the police - none of which have anything to say. He is in a state of extreme distress.
What is Edward’s relationship with Julien?
His relationship with Julien Baptiste is complicated, because he needs Baptiste’s help but he also doesn’t tell him the entire truth for reasons which will become clear. Ultimately Edward is on his own and the character is a very isolated, lonely figure. He has a sort of friendship with Julien but it never really becomes a proper friendship, and Julien has a lot going on in his own life which has nothing to do with Edward, which Edward has no knowledge or understanding of.
How would you describe the Baptiste series in three words?
Really. Quite. Dark.
