Those About To Die has added nine to its cast. This includes Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones). He will play “ambitious crime boss Tenax.”
Liraz Charhi, Johannes Haukur Johannesson, Rupert Penry-Jones, Eneko Sagardoy, Pepe Barroso, Gonçalo Almeida, Kyshan Wilson, and Alicia Edogamhe have also been added to the cast of the series which has just begun filming.
The series, inspired by the book by Daniel Mannix, is set in the time of gladiators and it shows the “complex and corrupt world of ancient Rome’s spectacle-driven gladiatorial competition.” Anthony Hopkins was previously cast in the series.
Deadline revealed the following about the new additions to the Peacock series:
“Of the new cast, Charhi (Tehran) will play Berenice, queen of the conquered Judea’s held captive in Rome. Johannesson (Vikings: Valhalla) plays imposing Norse gladiator Viggo and Penry-Jones (Spooks) is Marsus, a wealthy patrician and retired general who desire’s the throne.
Sagardoy (Giant, Elite), Barroso (45 rpm) and Almeida (Esperança) play the Corsi brothers, while Wilson (Viola) plays female gladiator in training Aura. Edogamhe (Summertime) plays a slave who is sold to Marsus and Antonia (Gabriella Pession).”
A premiere date for Those About To Die will be announced later.
What do you think? Are you planning to check out this new series?