“I’m incredibly shy under all of it,” she said. This is a tonally uniquely project and should be an unforgettable ride and shoot for us all.For a novelist who became famous writing hard-core erotica, E L James is surprisingly introverted.

Dark and shocking, surprising and hilarious and always very human. “I’m very excited to be slipping into the skin of one of the fabulously idiosyncratic characters who people the desert landscape of The Tourist,” said Weaving. Thrilled to be working with Chris Sweeney again as well as the BBC, HBO Max, Stan and ZDF,” added Harry and Jack Williams, writers of The Tourist and managing directors of Two Brothers Pictures. It’s tonally breaking new ground for us, and having Jamie Dornan on board is the icing on the Australian cake. I can’t wait to go to Australia with such a talented group of people,” said Dornan. “ The Tourist are some of the most exciting scripts I’ve ever read. Weaving ( The Lord of The Rings, Patrick Melrose) plays Agent Lachlan Rogers, one of the most highly regarded detective inspectors in Australia, leading major crime for the state police. Macdonald ( Dumplin’, Patti Cakes) will star as Helen Chambers, a fledgling probationary constable, and Brune-Franklin ( Line of Duty, Roadkill) is set to play Luci, a waitress who’s swept into The Man’s journey for answers.

With merciless figures from his past pursuing him, The Man’s search for answers propels him through the vast and unforgiving outback. An epic cat and mouse chase unfolds and the man later wakes in hospital, hurt, but somehow alive. As first revealed by The Hollywood Reporter, the series was commissioned by the BBC and Australian partner Stan in early 2020.ĭornan stars as a British man who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian outback, being pursued by a vast tank truck trying to drive him off the road. rights alongside German public broadcaster ZDF and is due to start production later this year. The Fifty Shades of Grey star is to lead The Tourist, the Australia-set mystery thriller from Two Brothers Pictures, the Emmy-winning production company behind Fleabag and The Missing.ĭanielle Macdonald, Shalome Brune-Franklin and Hugo Weaving have also joined the cast for the six-part series, which HBO Max has now boarded for U.S. Jamie Dornan, most recently seen facing comedic critical fire for his much-slated Irish accent in Wild Mountain Thyme, is heading down under.

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