Red Eye star Richard Armitage has weighed in on the possibility of the show returning for a second instalment at ITV.
In an exclusive chat with Digital Spy, Armitage revealed some things still don't add up with his character's story – and that there's more to discover about Madeline Delaney, played by Lesley Sharp.
"We would all love to do more because I think you've only just started scratching the surface of Madeline Delaney," he said.
"I feel like I immediately finished and thought, 'I wonder what Nolan was really up to [in] Beijing.'"
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The series follows Dr Matthew Nolan (Armitage) as he's arrested on his return to the UK from China on suspicion of murder after being involved in a car crash.
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Despite assuring investigating officers that he was alone in the vehicle, the doctor is brought back to Beijing to face charges, escorted by DC Hana Li (Jing Lusi).
Things start to really spiral when someone is unexpectedly killed on the red-eye flight and the two protagonists slowly realise they're in the middle of a dangerous conspiracy.
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"There is more to him than meets the eye, and because we've held back and we haven't told his whole story. That to me is fascinating," Armitage continued.
"And like I said before, it starts as a man accused of a crime being renditioned back to Beijing, and by the end, it turns into an international crisis."
Speaking about how he prepared for the role of Nolan, the Fool Me Once actor went on to explain he changed his usual process, thinking it could be "more interesting" to not know much about his character beforehand.
"Normally, I would write this whole biography for the character," he said, "but I just thought actually, it's more interesting to me to really not know who he is."
Red Eye premiered on ITV1 on Sunday, April 21 and is available to stream on ITVX.
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