Eric McCormack Shares Fascinating BTS Details About ‘Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue’

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Eric McCormack has a fascination for secrets — and it suits him well, as his upcoming series Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue is packed with them.

The 61-year-old actor portrays Kevin in the latest MGM+ show, which tells the story of nine individuals who find themselves stranded in a Mexican jungle following a plane crash. However, with an unexpected twist: although they survived the initial disaster, the group begins to mysteriously lose members one by one as they scramble to uncover the cause — all while attempting to evade a similar fate.

In a conversation with Us Weekly, McCormack expresses his enjoyment of the mystery and suspense that accompanies both the show and his role.

“What’s crucial in a series like this, particularly in the way Anthony Horowitz crafted this one, is that each character holds a secret that remains hidden from us,” he explains about the series, which premieres on Sunday, March 2. “They are all enigmatic figures to both us and one another. That’s what captivated me. I am drawn to anything that involves secrets.”

He continues, “From the outset, Kevin clearly carries some unresolved trauma from his past that he’s unable to discuss. He is evidently a doctor, yet he seems reluctant to embrace that aspect of himself. So, what’s behind that?”

Though the narrative unfolds in a Mexican jungle, Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue was filmed in the Canary Islands, a group of islands that belong to Spain. McCormack shares some of his own insights regarding the filming conditions in the region.

“It’s an unfortunate truth to reveal, but the fact is, the island we shot on doesn't have any jungle. It’s volcanic. So, the majority of our filming was in a state-of-the-art studio,” McCormack tells Us.

He elaborates, “They crafted this astonishing jungle environment for us to inhabit.”

Interestingly, the artificial jungle set for Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue was so convincingly made that it quickly developed its own ecosystem, according to McCormack.

“Bugs were crawling on us, and I found myself shouting at the props team, ‘Did you bring in bugs?’” he remembers, noting the moment he realized it was all part of the set’s production. “It began to feel increasingly authentic.”

Nonetheless, the stunning filming location was more than enough for McCormack to eagerly sign up.

“Before I even perused the script, I was already sold on the fact that it was being filmed in the Canary Islands, so I said yes,” he confides to Us. “That doesn’t leave much room for negotiation with your agents.”

In addition to the breathtaking landscapes to admire while working, the international setting also offered McCormack additional advantages, which included forming connections with his co-stars, such as David Ajala, Peter Gadiot, and Siobhán McSweeney. Since they were all away from their respective hometowns, they shared dinners almost nightly, developing friendships from the very start.

McCormack reminisces about the cast filming the opening sequence, featuring a dramatic plane crash, on the very first day of shooting, coincidentally the day after Lydia Wilson's birthday.

“I think we were a couple of hours into drinks [the night before shooting began] when she mentioned how lovely it was to celebrate her 40th birthday this way,” McCormack recalls. “We were like, ‘Wait, today?’ She confirmed, ‘Yes, yes, today, but please don’t make a fuss.’ So, we had to elevate that a bit and threw her a little birthday celebration, and then the following day was spent screaming and holding onto our seats in what felt like a trial by fire.”

The intense plane crash scene wasn't the sole difficult aspect of filming Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue, though. McCormack shares that making the show presented several other hurdles as well.

“One challenging scene involved one of the characters falling off the edge of a mountain while I'm trying to hold onto her,” he describes of one of the more complex sequences to film. “It was a hundred-degree heat and numerous shots. That was likely the toughest.”

Aside from those physically demanding scenes, McCormack hints at an emotional moment concerning his character, Kevin, as he learns more about his circumstances, which was also quite challenging to portray.

McCormack notes that filming in a remote island location added a sense of realism to their portrayal of being “stranded” characters.

“When you find yourselves confined in a space together, much of the acting tends to happen naturally,” he explains.

With contributions from Christina Garibaldi.