Netflix has just released the trailer for the crime mystery thrillerBrazenstarringAlyssa Milano. When her sister is killed and her sister’s double life as a webcam performer is revealed, Grace (Milano) ignores the warnings of a cool-headed detective and gets involved in the case. She’s setting her trap to take down the predator.
The official synopsis reads: “After a demanding book tour, superstar mystery novelist Grace McCabe (Alyssa Milano) decides to visit her sister, Kathleen, who’s embroiled in a custody battle after a bitter divorce. Arriving in D.C., Grace is shocked to find Kathleen living in a run-down neighborhood and, hoping to afford a hotshot lawyer, supplementing her meager teacher’s salary by moonlighting as a phone sex operator. According to Kathleen, Fantasy, Inc., guarantees its employees ironclad anonymity. But Grace has her doubts—which are confirmed one horrifying cherry-blossom-scented night when one of Fantasy, Inc.’s operators is murdered. As Grace is drawn to help solve the crime, her life turns into a scene from one of her own books. Yet as one of her biggest fans, investigator Ed Jackson, warns her: This isn’t fiction. Real people die—and Grace could be next. For she’s setting a trap for a killer more twisted than anything she could imagine. And not even Ed may be able to protect her from a rendezvous with lust and death."
The cast includees Barry W. Levy, Colleen Wheeler, Lossen Chambers, Malachi Weir and Matthew Finlan. Director Monika Mitchell, known forJohn Apple JackandTies the Bindwill be helming theNora Robertsadaptation penned by Suzette Couture, Donald Martin and Edithe Swensen.
The casting of Alyssa Milanomade quite a few wavesfor the romance novel readers who have followed Roberts' work since the 80s. Milano’s activism seemd not to align with the author’s fans' beliefs. Roberts finally had to address the online outrage, and said she was quite please with the casting choice.
“I’m delighted Ms. Milano’s been cast in the adaptation of ‘Brazen Virtue’ for Netflix,” Roberts said in an exclusive statement toEW. “To say I was stunned and appalled by some of the comments regarding the announcement on my Facebook page is a wild understatement. I spoke my piece, posted it publicly, and stand by it and Ms. Milano. To those who state they’ll never read my work again due to differing political viewpoints and opinions, or because a talented, experienced actor will play a role, I can only say that’s their choice. I believe Ms. Milano and Iwill survive it.
“Some will never read me again because Milano will headline this adaption,” she continued. “One reader stated she intended to burn all my books in her collection for this choice of actress. Think about that. Burning books. Get a visual? I sure do. Another claims she can only support ‘like-minded’ artists. Really? I only imagine the books, songs, movies I’d have missed if I felt this way and refused to read, watch, listen to those who contributed to or performed them who hold different political viewpoints from my own.”
