When a family’s fishing empire crumbles in Netflix’s ‘The Waterfront,’ their loyalties will be put to the test

It s coastal it s chaotic and it s crawling with secrets It better be if we re supposed to be watching Netflix s The Waterfront Deco sat down with the cast to talk family drama high stakes and what happens beneath the surface of a family business The Buckley s had it all and then chosen That is until their once thriving fishing empire off the coast of North Carolina begins to crumble Netflix s newest drama series The Waterfront dives deep into family legacy and high-cost survival Holt McCallany stars in the series as patriarch Harlan Buckley a man determined to keep his family afloat Holt advised Deco there were a limited mental notes he had to consider before taking the role Holt McCallany I start by asking myself What do I have in common with this guy Harlan Buckley and in what approaches are we different ' And while Holt can t totally relate to a life as a drug lord Jake Weary revealed there are quite a sparse similarities between himself and his character Cane Jake Weary I know we just love doing the wrong things right It s just so much more fun Cane is so complicated and so flawed and also kind of the glue that keeps the family together in a way I mean I think we all share a part of that I think we all have our own characteristics that kind of like keeps the family in place Cane may hold things together on the surface but it s his sister Bre played by Melissa Benoist who sometimes has to pay the price Melissa Benoist What I ended up discovering about Bre that I think is really powerful is how deep her loyalty runs to her family in spite of everything she s been through with them and in spite of how much of an outsider she feels The Waterfront is now streaming on Netflix