EXCLUSIVE: Main cast has been revealed for The Daily Wire’s adventure series The Pendragon Cycle, which is currently filming in Europe.
19.09.2023 - 16:23 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Wire has cast its lead in fantasy series The Pendragon Cycle, which is underway in Europe.
Newcomer Tom Sharp has been cast as the lead in the right-wing media company’s biggest-canvas film or TV project to date.
The seven-episode drama is a reimagining of the myth of King Arthur, set at the end of Roman Britain when pagan tribes warred with Saxon and Pict invaders, and with each other. Sharp will play Merlin, the son of an Atlantean princess and the bard, Taliesen, who pursues his father’s vision of a ‘Kingdom of Summer’ — a Briton unified in peace. To achieve this dream, Merlin will have to overcome ancient evils and navigate both the fall of the Roman occupation and the rise of Christianity in search of a king who can unite the Island of the Mighty.
The drama is being directed by Daily Wire co-CEO Jeremy Boreing who is stepping away from his duties at the media company to steer the project. The team is not seeking a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement.
The Daily Wire says the “worldwide” search for Sharp took months. They describe him as “a blue collar kid from a working class community who did not have any representation at the time, and submitted a self-taped audition through the UK-based Spotlight casting service.”
The actor was championed by casting directors David Guglielmo (Run Hide Fight) and Jeremy Zimmermann (Tar) and he went through additional rounds of reads and interviews before signing with entertainment attorney Jared Bloch who worked through his deal. According to producers, Sharp then flew to Budapest, Hungary, to begin fitness training, rehearsals, horseback riding lessons, and a stunt boot camp to prepare for the role.
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EXCLUSIVE: Main cast has been revealed for The Daily Wire’s adventure series The Pendragon Cycle, which is currently filming in Europe.
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There’s a new crew in town.
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