As production gets underway on ‘Elsinore,’ the upcoming feature starring BAFTA winner and multi-Golden Globe® nominee Andrew Scott and Academy Award®, Golden Globe® and Emmy® winner Olivia Colman, an impressive wave of additional casting has now been unveiled.
Leading the newly announced ensemble is Billie Piper (Wednesday, Scoop), who reunites with director Simon Stone following their acclaimed collaboration on Yerma at The Young Vic.
She is joined by a formidable cast of stage and screen talent, including Johnny Flynn (Ripley, Beast), Luke Thompson (Bridgerton, Transatlantic), BAFTA and Olivier Award winner Monica Dolan (Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Days of the Bagnold Summer), and Olivier Award winner Juliet Stevenson (Reawakening, Truly Madly Deeply). Also starring are Joe Locke (Heartstopper Forever, Agatha All Along), BAFTA winner Adeel Akhtar (Ali & Ava, Sherwood), Matthew Beard (The Testament of Ann Lee, Vienna Blood), David Dawson (My Policeman, The Last Kingdom), Kadiff Kirwan (Slow Horses, This Is Going to Hurt), Dickie Beau (What It Feels Like for a Girl, Bohemian Rhapsody), and BAFTA winner Peter Mullan (I Swear, Ozark).
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BAFTA-nominated Simon Stone (The Dig) directs Elsinore, which is currently shooting on location across the UK. The film is based on the life of acclaimed actor Ian Charleson and is written by BAFTA winner and Golden Globe® nominee Stephen Beresford (Pride).
The project is produced by Andrea Occhipinti of Lucky Red (Il Divo, Everybody Knows) and Gabrielle Tana of Magnolia Mae Films (The Dig, Philomena), alongside Pete Shilaimon and Mickey Liddell of LD Entertainment (Jackie, Anthropoid), with Stefano Massenzi and Carolyn Marks Blackwood also producing.
Andrew Scott, who also serves as a producer, helps bring to life this powerful, deeply moving and inspiring true story of Ian Charleson, an actor who faced extraordinary personal and professional odds while preparing to give the performance of his life as Hamlet at London’s National Theatre.
