The life of Hollywood icon Cary Grant is getting the small-screen treatment in Archie, a four-part drama from BritBox and Itvx. Deadline has more first-look photos of Jason Isaacs as Grant below.
Jason Isaacs as Cary Grant
The series will air in November on ITV in the UK, and in December on BritBox in all its territories: North America, Australia, South Africa and the Nordics.
From writer Jeff Pope and director Paul Andrew Williams, Archie narrates the story of a young Grant’s (born Archibald Alexander Leach) troubled childhood and how extreme poverty, his father’s adultery and the loss of his older brother, John, tore the family apart and sent his loving mother into a downward spiral of grief and depression.
Isaacs will get some assistance in bringing Grant the Bristol, England-born actor to life. Dainton Anderson, Calam Lynch and Oaklee Pendergast play young versions of Archie Leach.
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Jason Isaacs as Cary Grant
The series will air in November on ITV in the UK, and in December on BritBox in all its territories: North America, Australia, South Africa and the Nordics.
From writer Jeff Pope and director Paul Andrew Williams, Archie narrates the story of a young Grant’s (born Archibald Alexander Leach) troubled childhood and how extreme poverty, his father’s adultery and the loss of his older brother, John, tore the family apart and sent his loving mother into a downward spiral of grief and depression.
Isaacs will get some assistance in bringing Grant the Bristol, England-born actor to life. Dainton Anderson, Calam Lynch and Oaklee Pendergast play young versions of Archie Leach.
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- 10/11/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Kara Tointon, Harriet Walter and Laura Aikman have joined the cast of Cary Grant biopic “Archie” alongside Jason Isaacs, who will play the matinee idol himself.
Aikman (“Bluestone 42”) is set to play Grant’s ex-wife Dyan Cannon, Walter (“Succession”) will play his mother Elsie Leach and Tointon (“Mr Selfridge”) will play a younger version of Elsie.
Also joining the cast are Henry Lloyd-Hughes (“Ragdoll”), Ian Pulston-Davies (“Di Ray”), Ian McNeice (“Doc Martin”), Jason Watkins (“McDonald & Dodds”), Lisa Faulkner (“EastEnders”) and Niamh Cusack (“The Virtues”).
Meanwhile Dainton Anderson (“Patrick Melrose”), Calam Lynch (“Bridgerton”) and Oaklee Pendergast (“Home”) will play young versions of Grant, whose real name was Archie Leach.
The series will follow Grant from his early life in Bristol, England, where he was born into extreme poverty in the 1900s, before auditioning for a music hall act, a move which would eventually change his life. The troupe went on tour to the U.
Aikman (“Bluestone 42”) is set to play Grant’s ex-wife Dyan Cannon, Walter (“Succession”) will play his mother Elsie Leach and Tointon (“Mr Selfridge”) will play a younger version of Elsie.
Also joining the cast are Henry Lloyd-Hughes (“Ragdoll”), Ian Pulston-Davies (“Di Ray”), Ian McNeice (“Doc Martin”), Jason Watkins (“McDonald & Dodds”), Lisa Faulkner (“EastEnders”) and Niamh Cusack (“The Virtues”).
Meanwhile Dainton Anderson (“Patrick Melrose”), Calam Lynch (“Bridgerton”) and Oaklee Pendergast (“Home”) will play young versions of Grant, whose real name was Archie Leach.
The series will follow Grant from his early life in Bristol, England, where he was born into extreme poverty in the 1900s, before auditioning for a music hall act, a move which would eventually change his life. The troupe went on tour to the U.
- 9/30/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
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