Christina Hendricks to star in Chris O’Dowd present set in Ireland
Small Town, Big Story – created by The IT Crowd star O’Dowd – will deal with what occurs when a Hollywood manufacturing arrives in a small rural Irish city.
The six-part Sky sequence is ready within the fictional Drumban, the place the arrival of a movie crew places a “spotlight on a secret that’s been kept hidden since the eve of the Millennium”.
Mad Men star Hendricks, an American actress who additionally serves as an government producer, performs tv producer Wendy Patterson.
In the comedy drama, Wendy returns to her hometown from Los Angeles with a US manufacturing crew.
British actor Considine, recognized for taking part in Viserys Targaryen in House Of The Dragon, will tackle the function of native physician and pillar of the group Seamus Proctor.
Seamus has a spouse, Catherine (Eileen Walsh), a neighborhood schoolteacher and siblings Joanne and Sonny Proctor are portrayed by Fair City star Leia Murphy and O’Dowd’s Moone Boy co-star David Rawle, respectively.
The new Sky Original sequence, from manufacturing firm Playground and impartial studio FilmNation Entertainment, has began filming on location in Ireland.
Liz Gill, who has labored on Dangerous Liaisons and Vikings, is a sequence producer and Lockwood & Co’s Catherine Morshead, O’Dowd and Extra Ordinary writers Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman are additionally among the many administrators.
Irish actor O’Dowd, additionally recognized for 2011’s Bridesmaids, beforehand created the semi-autobiographical coming of age story Moone Boy.
The comedy drama, set within the west of Ireland – the place O’Dowd was raised in County Roscommon, was nominated for a Bafta in 2015.
Small Town, Big Story is predicted to air on Sky and Now within the UK and Ireland subsequent 12 months.
Sky additionally clarified that as the celebrities are beneath Equity contracts, the manufacturing shouldn’t be affected by the Hollywood actors strike.