The Hollow Crown: War of the Roses follows on from the critically lauded first Hollow Crown series, which aired on BBC2 in 2012.ĭominic Cooke, former artistic director of the Royal Court theatre, is making his TV directorial debut with the trilogy.Įxecutive producer Sam Mendes said he was “delighted” that filming had begun, “seven years after we very first suggested the idea to the BBC”. Other cast members already announced include Tom Sturridge as Henry VI Judi Dench as Cecily, Duchess of York Sophie Okonedo as Queen Margaret Keeley Hawes as Queen Elizabeth I Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins as the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester Ben Daniels as Buckingham Adrian Dunbar as Richard Plantagenet James Fleet as Hastings Samuel West as the Bishop of Winchester, and Ben Miles as Somerset. Life on Mars’s Philip Glenister is to appear as Talbot, the leader of Henry VI’s army against the French, while Andrew Scott, famous as Benedict Cumberbatch’s enemy Moriarty in the BBC miniseries Sherlock, will play King Louis XI of France, reuniting him with Cumberbatch, who is Richard III. Gambon last appeared on stage in a Shakespeare play back in 2005, when he fulfilled a lifelong ambition to play Falstaff in Nicholas Hytner’s production of Henry IV parts one and two. He plays a crucial role, revealing to his nephew, Richard Plantagenet, that he is the rightful heir to the throne, not Henry VI.
Acting heavyweight Michael Gambon has been announced as Sir Edmund Mortimer, who is locked away in Tower of London during the reign of Henry V.
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