It seems like Netflix is onto one other winner with its newest adaptation of Harlen Coben’s work.
Following the success of unique collection like The Stranger and Keep Shut (in addition to Protected, which was created by the writer particularly for Netflix), the streaming big has introduced Harlen’s novel Idiot Me As soon as to life on the small display, with the present rapidly taking pictures to the highest of its most-watched listing after debuting on New 12 months’s Day.
As has turn out to be the custom, the present is led by a predominantly British forged, a few of whom are family names right here within the UK.
In case you’re struggling to position the place you recognise sure Idiot Me As soon as stars from, right here’s our information to a few of their most well-known work…
Michelle Keegan as Maya Stern
Taking the lead on this new thriller is Michelle Keegan, who remains to be in all probability finest remembered for her seven-year stint as Tina McIntyre in Coronation Road.
Within the decade since her Corrie character was killed off, she’s appeared within the dramas Our Lady, Ten Pound Poms and Odd Lies, the Sky comedy Brassic and the sports activities biopic Tina And Bobby, during which she performed Tina Dean, the spouse of the enduring footballer Bobby Moore.
Michelle can also be regularly within the headlines due to her relationship with actuality star Mark Wright, to whom she’s been married since 2015.
Richard Amritage as Joe
Idiot Me As soon as marks Richard Armitage’s third look in one in all Netflix’s Harlen Coben variations, after beforehand taking the lead in The Stranger and showing in Keep Shut.
His different TV credit embody the British comedy The Vicar Of Dibley, the erotic thriller Obsession and the drama Hannibal, for which he was nominated for a Critics’ Alternative Award in 2016.
Adeel Akhtar as Sami Kierce
Impressively, Adeel Akhtar has two TV Baftas to his identify, for his performances within the TV collection Murdered By My Father and Sherwood.
You’ll have additionally seen him in motion within the crime drama The Tunnel, the Channel 4 thriller Utopia (during which he performed the Wilson Wilson survivalist conspiracy theorist Wilson Wilson), the surreal sitcom Ghosted and the second and fourth seasons of Killing Eve.
He beforehand collaborated with Netflix on the 2021 post-acolapyic drama Candy Tooth, incomes him a nomination on the Youngsters’s and Household Emmys.
Joanna Lumley as Judith Burkett
You in all probability recognise Dame Joanna Lumley for her iconic efficiency within the much-loved British comedy Completely Fabulous, however there’s lots extra to her CV than simply enjoying Patsy Stone.
In addition to reveals like Jam & Jerusalem, Delicate Pores and skin, The New Avengers and Discovering Alice, Dame Joanna has appeared in a number of movies like Tim Burton’s James And The Big Peach and The Corpse Bride, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and The Wolf Of Wall Road, and fronted a collection of journey documentaries.
Her look in Idiot Me As soon as comes after her Ab Fab co-star Jennifer Saunders’ stint in one other Harlen Coben present, The Stranger.
Emmett J Scanlan as Shane Tessier
Within the early 2010s, Emmett rose to fame as Brendan Brady in Hollyoaks, showing in additional than 300 episodes in three years with the hit cleaning soap.
Since then, the Irish performer has performed Billy Grade in Peaky Blinders, D.C. Glenn Martin in The Fall, Stephen Duffy within the ITV drama Butterfly and “Mad Stab” within the award-winning comedy Derry Ladies.
Again in 2014, he additionally performed a minor position in Marvel’s first movie adaptation of Guardians Of The Galaxy.
Dino Fetscher as Marty McGreggor
Dino Fetscher has already racked up a variety of spectacular drama roles within the final decade, showing in Russell T Davies’ Cucumber as Aiden, earlier than teaming up with the TV super-producer once more when he performed Ralph Cousins in Years And Years.
You’ll have additionally seen Dino in Gentleman Jack, the Netflix crime drama Paranoid or the Apple TV+ sci-fi drama Basis’s second season.
Earlier than rising to fame as an actor, he was additionally a former recipient of the Mr Homosexual UK title, which he received again in 2008.
Jade Anouka as Nicole Butler
Jade Anouka’s TV profession started with small roles in reveals like Physician Who and Michaela Coel’s Chewing Gum, earlier than she made the leap to His Darkish Supplies, Small Axe, the Sheridan Smith-led drama Cleansing Up and the 2021 adaptation of the play Cock, during which she shared the stage with Taron Egerton and Jonathan Bailey.
Impressively, Jade can also be a broadcast poet, together with her first assortment Eggs On Toast debuting in 2016.
Natalie Anderson as Claire Walker
Cleaning soap followers will recognise Natalie for her efficiency as Alicia Metcalfe in Emmerdale, which she stepped down from in 2015.
After bidding farewell to the Dales, Natalie performed Nessarose within the West Finish musical Depraved, and, extra just lately, made the leap to Hollyoaks, during which she performed police officer Lexi Calder.
Hattie Morahan as Caroline Burkett
Hattie Morahan has an fascinating and eclectic CV, first showing in reveals like Outnumbered and the medical drama Our bodies, whereas her movie credit embody The Golden Compass and Disney’s live-action remake of Magnificence And The Beast, which she narrated in addition to enjoying The Enchantress.
In the previous couple of years, Hattie appeared within the conflict drama Operation Mincemeat, the Netflix unique Enola Holmes and the Apple TV+ thriller Hijack, enjoying the fictional overseas secretary Louise Aitchison.
Laurie Kynaston as Corey Rudzinski
Laurie Kynaston is probably most famous for his work on the stage, incomes him the Rising Expertise title at 2020’s Night Commonplace Theatre Awards for his work in The Son.
His previous TV work consists of Des, Derry Ladies, The Man Who Fell To Earth and Netflix’s remodeling of the Neil Gaiman basic The Sandman, which noticed him enjoying Alex Burgess. He has additionally appeared within the movies How To Construct A Lady and as Johnny Marr within the Smiths biopic England Is Mine.