Jesse McKeown
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Oct 16, 2026
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It's been one seafarer and tragedy after another for the Penny crowd.
Ramraj ChervendranHOST
Below was created by Toronto-born filmmaker, Jesse McKeown, who is married to a Newfoundlander.
Ramraj ChervendranHOST
And by all accounts, the American, Canadian, and British stars took learning the dialect seriously.
Ramraj ChervendranHOST
Josh Hartnett plays the series' main character, Calvin Penny, and he says he spent a lot of his prep time listening to Canada's longest-running radio show, The Fisheries Broadcast, now just called The Broadcast.
Ted SalmonHOST
A suspenseful new thriller set on the rugged coast of Newfoundland, that's in Canada, when a mysterious sea creature terrorises a remote town, a fisherman must fight to protect his family, his community, and his way of life.
Ted SalmonHOST
It was created by Jesse McKeown.
Ted SalmonHOST
Probably crucified that.
Ted SalmonHOST
Josh Hartnett stars in it.
Rohan CampbellGUEST
Um, so I knew, I just knew- What that was.
Rohan CampbellGUEST
I knew what it was and it- it- when I originally met with Jesse McKeown, uh, the showrunner and creator of the show, uh, we met for a different project, and we just went to go get lunch, and I was telling him all about my life, being from Cochrane, and all this stuff, and he just was, like, growing a smile.
Rohan CampbellGUEST
And I was like, "What?" And he's like, "I think I need you to read for something." And it was, like, three, four months later that the audition came in.
Rohan CampbellGUEST
Um-
Chris HatcherGUEST
We've had little bits of success here and there.
Chris HatcherGUEST
Um, and, uh, you know, so, so proud to have a show like Below now, um, that, uh, that I was able to, you know, work so closely with Jesse McKeown, who created the show, um, and help, uh, bring it home to Newfoundland.
Alex BillHOST
So how did that step happen? You know, how did Below happen for you? Jesse is sort of, I, I don't know if you'd call him an honorary Newfoundlander.
Alex BillHOST
He's married a Newfoundlander.
Ian MacEwanHOST
But also, he notices that the ice that he's gathered, uh, has a very strange smell to it, and he gives it to a sort of marine biologist scientist woman who-- to, to do some experiments on it, see, you know, what's, what is that all about.
Ian MacEwanHOST
So it's created by Jesse McKeown, who has worked on the Umbrella Academy and The Sinner, and is familiar with Newfoundland.
Ian MacEwanHOST
And for Hartnett, well, he has done film roles including The Faculty.
Ian MacEwanHOST
Uh, he was also in an M.
Ian MacEwanHOST
But also he notices that the ice that he's gathered, uh, has a very strange smell to it, and he gives it to a sort of marine biologist scientist woman who... to, to do some experiments on and see, you know, what's- what is that all about.
Ian MacEwanHOST
So it's created by Jesse McKeown who has worked on The Umbrella Academy and The Sinner, and is familiar with Newfoundland.
Ian MacEwanHOST
And for Hartnett, well, he has done film roles including The Faculty.
Ian MacEwanHOST
Uh, he was also in an M.
Perry ChafeGUEST
But even before that, of course, the writing starts, which is the engine of the whole thing.
Perry ChafeGUEST
We started that two and a half years ago with a great writing team with Jesse, of course, Jesse McKeown, and Karen Walton, who did Ginger Snaps, and Natty Zavitz.
Perry ChafeGUEST
It's been a long time coming.
Perry ChafeGUEST
So the fact that the whole province has been buzzing about it and it's getting so much press here, we're really grateful about that.
Perry ChafeGUEST
And family is so important.
Perry ChafeGUEST
And that's what we're seeing here play out in the town of Snooks Arm.
Perry ChafeGUEST
And I think Jesse, who created the show, I mean, that was always his goal.
Perry ChafeGUEST
to set it.
Mackenzie DavisGUEST
Um, Below is a limited series on Netflix.
Mackenzie DavisGUEST
It is this amazing, um, hard-to-define, um, world that Jesse McKeown developed and wrote, and it is, um, it was kind of...
Mackenzie DavisGUEST
It, it takes place in Newfoundland, which is, um, the further easternmost province in Canada, and as a Canadian, still on the opposite end of the world from where I grew up-
Jordan CrucchiolaHOST
Mm-hmm
Larry MantleHOST
We have limited minutes, but below, a Netflix streaming miniseries, a thriller starring Josh Hartnett, Mackenzie Davis, and Charlie Heaton.
Larry MantleHOST
The series created by Jesse McKeown.
Larry MantleHOST
What do you think, Liz?
Liz Shannon MillerGUEST
Well, I think basically the vibe is very similar to Jaws in terms of a coastal community being affected by a large creature out in the water.