Max Irons Cast as Mycroft Holmes in Guy Ritchie's Prime Video Series YOUNG SHERLOCK
Max Irons (Condor, Terminal) has been cast as a series regular on director Guy Ritchie’s Prime Video show Young Sherlock, playing Mycroft Holmes opposite Hero Fiennes Tiffin’s Sherlock. Speculation about Irons’s casting started last month when he was snapped on the set of the series; his character had not been revealed until now.
“Inspired by Andy Lane’s book series, Young Sherlock is described as an irreverent, action-packed origin story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved detective in a re-imagining of this iconic character.
“At age 19, Sherlock Holmes (Fiennes Tiffin) is disgraced, raw, unfiltered, and unformed, when he finds himself caught up in a murder mystery at Oxford University which threatens his freedom.
“Diving into his first-ever case with a wild lack of discipline, Sherlock manages to unravel a globe-trotting conspiracy that will change his life forever.”
In addition to Fiennes Tiffin, Irons joins Dónal Finn, who plays James Moriarty; Joseph Fiennes (Silas Holmes); Natascha McElhone (Cordelia Holmes); Zine Tseng (Princess Gulun Shou’an) and Colin Firth (Sir Bucephalus Hodge).
Ritchie will be directing and executive producing. The series is being written and executive produced by showrunner Matthew Parkhill with executive producers Simon Kelton, Ivan Atkinson, Simon Maxwell, Dhana Gilbert, Colin Wilson, Marc Resteghini, and co-executive producer Harriet Creelman. Physical production is running through Motive Pictures.
via: Deadline