| masterofmystery | 01-11-2017 06:08 PM |
Harry Potter film extras cast in J.K. Rowling's 'The Cormoran Strike Mysteries' drama
Filming is currently underway in London for the first installment in J.K. Rowling's BBC and HBO TV series, The Cormoran Strike Mysteries, and several actors have reportedly been revealed as cast for the first three episodes that will span the adaptation of the first book, The Cuckoo's Calling. <div class="getty embed image" style="background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:396px;"><div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/485290528" target="_blank" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0; padding:150.000000% 0 0 0;width:100%;"><iframe src="//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/485290528?et=pzRQLYInSCZvSF-9RzQrrQ&viewMoreLink=off&sig=4BtXwu9g7AIC7QTlHhkLp rSp0VqIati7iCrD5mjoZis=&caption=true" width="396" height="594" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;he ight:100%;margin:0;"></iframe></div><p style="margin:0;"></p></div> Quote:
Elarica Johnson, the Muggle waitress in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was cast as slain supermodel Lula Landry, the character around which the first book is explored.
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Kerr Logan has been cast as Matthew Cunliffe, the fiance of Robin Ellacott (played by Holliday Grainger in the series).
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Bronson Webb, who played a Slytherin extra in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, will take on the role of Evan Duffield, Lula's on-off boyfriend and famous actor.
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Killian Scott portrays Strike's informant and nuisance D.I. Eric Wardle in the entire series.
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Leo Bill will play John Bristow, brother of the slain Lula Landry.
| Others reportedly cast include: Tezlym Senior-Sakutu as Rochelle Onifade (Lula's friend); Martin Shaw as Tony Landry (Lula's uncle); and Siân Phillips as Lady Yvette Bristow, Lula and John's mother.
J.K. Rowling, under the Robert Galbraith pseudonym Twitter handle, released a few on-set photos from The Cuckoo's Calling on Wednesday, including the studio of artist Guy Somé (played by actor Kadiff Kirwan), and a shot on camera of Strike himself, portrayed by Tom Burke. The series will air on the BBC in the U.K. and HBO in the U.S. later this year. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Can you guess which <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheStrikeSeries?src=hash">#TheStrikeSeries</a> location we’re filming today? <a href="https://t.co/0HmlU2kRyZ">pic.twitter.com/0HmlU2kRyZ</a></p>— Robert Galbraith (@RGalbraith) <a href="https://twitter.com/RGalbraith/status/819148746638454784">January 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mystery solved: it’s Guy Somé’s studio! <a href="https://t.co/pmW1Rb5lUM">pic.twitter.com/pmW1Rb5lUM</a></p>— Robert Galbraith (@RGalbraith) <a href="https://twitter.com/RGalbraith/status/819165535145488384">January 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Watching Cormoran Strike at work. <a href="https://t.co/f93dAX43xq">pic.twitter.com/f93dAX43xq</a></p>— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/819129856772468737">January 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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