Jamie Dornan has joined the cast for the Netflix crime noir series ‘The Undertow’, in which he will take on the double role of twin brothers.

The series is based on the Nordisk Film Production AS television series ‘Twin’ created by Kristoffer Metcalfe. Suffocating in a loveless marriage to Adam (Dornan), Nicola’s (Davis) life takes a dramatic turn when Adam’s long-estranged identical twin brother Lee (Dornan) comes crashing back into her life, and their tangled romantic past threatens to destroy the present. A split-second decision and a terrible accident drives Nicola to protect her children, over the course of one week, Lee and Nicola are forced together, struggling to maintain a web of secrets and lies. Though they can’t ignore their feelings for each other, they both know they’re living on borrowed time.

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The cast will also include Mackenzie Davis, Iain De Caestecker and Gary Lewis. Sarah Dollard, Hanna Jameson, Scout Cripps, and Kam Odedra serve as writers on the series, with Dollard also executive producing.

Jeremy Lovering will direct and executive produce. Dornan executive produces in addition to starring. The series is produced by Complete Fiction and wiip. Nira Park and Rachael Prior of Complete Fiction executive produce along with David Flynn and Paul Lee for wiip.

Production is due to get underway later in the year in the Scottish Highlands.