Paramount+ has debuted the official trailer and key art for the upcoming original drama series Sexy Beast. The new series, starring James McArdle, Emun Elliott, Tamsin Greig, Stephen Moyer, and Sarah Greene, will premiere on January 25, exclusively on the service in the U.S. and international territories.
Produced by AC Chapter One and Anonymous Content, in association with Paramount Television International Studios, the trailer gives a first glimpse into the origins of Gal and Don’s complicated relationship.
Gal and Don find themselves descending into the seductive madness of the London criminal world during the vibrant and volatile 1990s, while Gal’s budding relationship with DeeDee threatens everything in their world.
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James McArdle (Mare of Easttown, Angels in America) is Gal Dove, and Emun Elliott (The Rig, The Gold) is Don Logan – the duo are best friends and small-town thieves living the good life in ’90s East London.
Sarah Greene (Bad Sisters, Normal People) is Deedee Harrison, a captivating adult film star whose ambitions to control her own personal destiny and her love affair with Gal Dove put her in danger.
Stephen Moyer (Shots Fired, True Blood) is Teddy Bass, a treacherous, rising name in the gangster world, who seduces Gal and Don into his criminal web, and Tamsin Greig (Episodes, Friday Night Dinner) is Don’s pathologically controlling and formidable older sister Cecilia.
Additional cast includes Eliza Bennett (Dynasty), Clea Martin (Hanna), Nicholas Nunn (The Victim), Peter Ferdinando (The Letter For The King), John Dagleish (The Third Day), Robbie Gee (Motherland), Paul Kaye (The Stranger), and Lex Shrapnel (Infiniti).
The cast is rounded out by Cally Lawrence (Who Is Alice), David Kennedy (Hollyoaks), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Greenwing), Ralph Brown (Godfather of Harlem), Nitin Ganatra (EastEnders), and Alice Bailey Johnson (This Is Going to Hurt).
Sexy Beast was filmed in Liverpool and is produced by AC Chapter One and Anonymous Content in association with PTIS, the international studio division of Paramount Global.
Michael Caleo, Nicole Clemens, Antony Smith, Michael Scheel, JC Acosta, Alastair Galbraith, and David Caffrey are executive producers, along with David Scinto and Louis Mellis, the writers of the original film.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills in 2018 to cover the latest news on streaming, movies, TV, and video games.