Rupert Grint, Nick Frost, Don Johnson Cast in New Comedy Series SICK NOTE
Variety reports that a new comedy series called Sick Note is being developed, and it has a great cast of actors that includes Harry Potter star Rupert Grint, Shaun of the Dead’s Nick Frost, and Miami Vice’s Don Johnson. According to the report, the story explores “how desperate a person’s actions can become when a lie starts to spiral out of control.”
These are all great actors who don’t do enough these days, so it’s great to see them land a project like this. Sick Note was created and written by Nat Saunders and James Serafinowicz, and it will be directed by Matt Lipsey. Here is some detailed information on the story:
“Sick Note is the story of Daniel Glass (Grint), a compulsive liar, who’s stuck in a failing relationship and a dead-end job, where he is under the thumb of his irrepressible boss Kenny West (Johnson). And just when things couldn’t get any worse, he’s diagnosed with esophageal cancer. However, everyone starts to treat him better because of his diagnosis and suddenly Daniel finds he has a new lust for life.
“But then he finds out he was misdiagnosed by the most incompetent oncologist on Earth, Dr. Ian Glennis (Frost) and that’s when Daniel has a big decision to make: come clean and go back to his old rubbish life, or keep this new information a secret and pretend to be ill. He decides to go for the latter but very quickly the lie spirals out of control and both Daniel and Dr. Glennis have to spend all of their waking lives trying to prevent the truth from getting out.”
The series is set to air on the premium pay channel Sky Atlantic early next year. Does it sound like something you’d want to watch?