Ronald Peet On The New Apple TV+ Series "Bad Monkey" & More - "Paltrocast" Exclusive

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The Apple TV+ series Bad Monkey -- a new 10-episode series debuting with the first two episodes on August 14, 2024, as followed by new episodes every Wednesday through October 9, 2014 -- tells the story of Andrew Yancy (played by Vince Vaughn), a one-time detective demoted to restaurant inspector in Southern Florida. A severed arm found by a tourist out fishing pulls Yancy into the world of greed and corruption that decimates the land and environment in both Florida and the Bahamas. And yes, there is a monkey.

The ensemble cast also includes Michelle Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen and Slim), Meredith Hagner (Search Party), Natalia Martinez (La Promesa del Returno), L. Scott Caldwell (The Fugitive), Ronald Peet (First Reformed), John Ortiz (Fast and Furious), and Alex Moffat (Saturday Night Live, Holiday).

The Bad Monkey series is based on the book by Carl Hiaasen was created by executive producer and showrunner Bill Lawrence (Ted Lasso, Scrubs), who executive produced through his Doozer Productions alongside Jeff Ingold, Matt Tarses (Scrubs) and Liza Katzer. Vince Vaughn and Marcos Siega also served as executive producers. Jean Higgins (Lost) was the producer. Lawrence wrote with Matt Tarses, Adam Sztykiel, Ellie Knaus, Brian C. Brown, Milla Bell-Hart, Ashley Nicole Black, and Michael Martin. The first season was directed by Marcos Siega (Dexter), Erica Dunton (Ted Lasso), Liz Friedlander (Conviction), Colin Bucksey (Fargo), and Sam Jones (Ted Lasso).

In August 2024, I had the pleasure of speaking with Bad Monkey star Ronald Peet via Zoom, as embedded above and airing via the Long Beach, New York-based Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz television series. More on Peet can be found here.