A number of major international actors and actresses have been added to the already star studded cast of The Night Manager.Hugh Laurie and the BAFTAwinning Olivia Coleman for her role in Broadchurch lead the cast of the six-part thriller which began shooting in Switzerland in March and has since moved to Morocco and Devon and will be coming to Majorca this summer where most of the series will be filmed for the BBCand the US market with the assistance of Palma Pictures.
However, since filming began, a number of new stars have been added to the cast.
British actors David Harewood (Homeland), Neil Morrissey (Line of Duty), Katherine Kelly (Mr Selfridge) and Tobias Menzies (The Honourable Woman) have been announced as joining the cast who are expecetd to be filming in Majorca in June and July.
Co-produced by AMC with BBC One and The Ink Factory, the latest names to feature in the international production join previously-announced stars, Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers), Tom Hollander (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest), Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby) and Academy Award-winning director Susanne Bier (In a Better World).
Harewood is most well-known for his role in Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning drama Homeland, whilst Morrissey was recently featured in BAFTA-nominated drama Line of Duty. Kelly starred in two series of Emmy-nominated British drama Mr Selfridge, and Menzies has made a name for himself in Golden Globe-winning drama The Honourable Woman and Emmy Award-winning series Game of Thrones.
Other names announced to appear in the espionage drama include BAFTA nominees Adeel Akhtar (Utopia) and Natasha Little (Wolf Hall), as well as Jonathan Aris (Sherlock) and Hannah Steele (Wolf Hall).