Crew member dies on set of Netflix series “Dept. Q”, leaving colleagues ‘deeply shocked and saddened’
‘Dept. Q’ stars Matthew GoodeCredit: Justin Downing/NetflixKey Points
A crew member died on the Edinburgh, Scotland, set of Netflix’s Dept. Q.
Filming of the crime thriller’s second season had just wrapped.
The cast of the show includes Matthew Goode, Kelly Macdonald, and Alexej Manvelov.
A crew member has died on the set of the Netflix series Dept. Q, according to Left Bank Pictures, the production company that produces the show.
“We are deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic death of a member of our Dept Q crew,” a spokesperson told Entertainment Weekly. “Our thoughts are with their family, friends and colleagues at this incredibly difficult time, and we are offering support for those affected.”
Deadline reported that police were summoned to the show’s set at FirstStage Studios in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Thursday, after an unidentified man was seriously injured. He was treated before dying.
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“The death is not being treated as suspicious, however, inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances,” Police Scotland said in a statement, per the outlet.
Filming had just concluded on the show’s second season.
The crime thriller, based on novels by Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen, stars Matthew Goode, Kelly Macdonald, Jamie Sives, Leah Byrne, and Alexej Manvelov. It’s written and directed by Scott Frank, who was behind The Queen’s Gambit.
Goode plays an abrasive cop still reeling from a traumatic experience, leading a band of misfits tackling cold cases in the European capital.
Entertainment Weekly named the first season of the series one of the 10 best shows of 2025.
“Blending gallows humor with shoe-leather police work, riveting performances, and a twisted central mystery, Dept. Q manages to find hope and healing in the midst of human-on-human horror,” writer Kristen Baldwin wrote.
Goode told the Television Academy in May where his cranky character is coming from.
Leah Byrne, Matthew Goode, and Alexej Manvelov promote ‘Dept. Q’Credit: StillMoving.Net for Netflix
“Listen, he’s in a very serious business. He had been working on a case for 15 years,” Goode said. “He can be incredibly rude, because his work matters to him. He can occasionally get things wildly wrong. But once he puts puzzles together, and when you have a mind that works like that, it’s a very satisfying thing. And by the end — I won’t give away what happens, obviously — he’s not the kind of guy that takes a bow. He just gets on with it.”
He said the cast was already excited to go another round, should the series go another season. The streamer renewed the series in June.
“I can quite honestly say, from my bottom of my heart, this is one of the finest companies of actors that I’ve ever worked with,” Goode said. “I don’t know whether Scott will invite them all back, but we all want to do it again.”
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