HUGH LAURIE, JOE ALWYN, JAMES MCARDLE, GORAN BOGDAN JOIN MATTHEW MACFADYEN, CHARLIE HUNNAM, DANIEL BRUHL, DAN STEVENS IN BBC'S ESPIONAGE THRILLER SERIES LEGACY OF SPIES

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BBC TV SERIES UNVEILS NEW CAST

After casting Matthew MacFadyen as the lead in their LEGACY OF SPIES TV series adaptation of John Le Carre's The Spy Who Came In From the Cold book, in which he stars as the iconic George Smiley, alongside Charlie Hunnam as Alec Leamas, the maverick field operative, Daniel Brühl as Josef Fiedler, a methodical Stasi intelligence strategist, Devrim Lingnau as Doris Quinz, a young and dynamic East German woman whodelivers vital intelligence from the heart of the East German operatio, and Dan Stevens as Bill Haydon, a brilliant and enigmatic Circus insider, BBC has also added Hugh Laurie, Joe Alwyn, James McArdle, Adam Hugill and Goran Bogdan to the eight part series.

MATTHEW MACFADYEN, CHARLIE HUNNAM, DANIEL BRUHL, DAN STEVENS TO LEAD BBC'S ESPIONAGE THRILLER SERIES LEGACY OF SPIES

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BBC TV SERIES UNVEILS FULL CAST

After casting Matthew MacFadyen as the lead, BBC keeps adding names to their LEGACY OF SPIES TV series adaptation of John Le Carre's The Spy Who Came In From the Cold book. MacFadyen stars as the iconic George Smiley, alongside Charlie Hunnam as Alec Leamas, the maverick field operative, Daniel Brühl as Josef Fiedler, a methodical Stasi intelligence strategist, and Devrim Lingnau as Doris Quinz, a young and dynamic East German woman who delivers vital intelligence from the heart of the East German operation. Dan Stevens joins them as Bill Haydon, a brilliant and enigmatic Circus insider in the eight part espionage thriller.

MATTHEW MACFADYEN TO PLAY JOHN LE CARRE'S FAMOUS SPYMASTER IN LEGACY OF SPIES TV SERIES ADAPTATION

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TO LEAD LEGACY OF SPIES SERIES

As Variety reports, Matthew MacFadyen is set to lead new TV series based on LEGACY OF SPIES by John Le Carre, a series of novels about intelligence officer George Smiley. The project is described as an amalgamation of a number of le Carré’s novels, including “The Spy Who Came In From The Cold,” “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” and “The Honorable Schoolboy,” as well as others and some unpublished work. The show is being pitched both in USA and UK. Gary Oldman, Rupert Davies, Alec Guiness have previously played the spymaster in other adaptations. As you know, Matthew will also lead Death by Lightning series at Netflix and The Miniature Wife at Peacock.