Harlan Coben, Stars Talk Netflix's Boston-Set 'I Will Find You' Harlan Coben, the author behind the Netflix adaptation of his 2023 novel I Will Find You, reflected on the deep personal connections he had to the Boston area while crafting the story. The series, which premiered on Netflix, is set in Revere, a coastal neighborhood with roots in Coben’s family history. He described his late father, a native of Winthrop, and his family’s ties to the area as central to the novel’s emotional core. Coben revealed that the passing of the last family member connected to Revere shortly before he began writing the book was no coincidence. “All of my connections to Revere and that childhood part were gone. Maybe this was part of my way of capturing those people again,” he told the Globe in a Zoom interview. Coben, who grew up in New Jersey, spent summers in the 1960s and 1970s at Revere Beach, where he wandered streets like Constitution Avenue and Centennial Avenue. He also worked in Marshfield for Red Auerbach and the Boston Celtics during his youth, later returning to Massachusetts to study at Amherst College. For the series, he aimed to evoke the “nostalgia feel of Revere” through the character of David Burroughs, a father searching for his missing son. “I wanted that place to set this story,” he said, emphasizing the row house neighborhoods and community spirit that define the area. Sam Worthington, who stars as David Burroughs, described his portrayal as a “damsel in distress,” relying on co-star Britt Lower’s Rachel Mills to navigate the mystery. Worthington noted how the role subverts traditional thriller tropes, allowing for a more vulnerable performance. “I wanted to play him in a way where he was always the one that needed to be rescued,” he explained.#boston_celtics #harlan_coben #sam_worthington #britt_lower #revere
