call my agent! British remake with cameo including Kelly Macdonald

call my agent! Slated to host several celebrity cameos (Image: Roberto Ricciuti / Getty Images)

British remake of the French comedy series Call My Agent! Moving to Amazon Prime Video, cameos such as Helena Bonham Carter and Line of Duty actress Kelly Macdonald will be featured.

The original show, which was a hit on Netflix, follows the staff of a Parisian talent agency who must fight to keep their star customers happy and, after the company’s deaths “marketing agency” and “pregnancy”, its founders, Emily (Stance) in Paris.

The main cast of the remake will be played by Oscar-winning and Harry Potter actor Jim Broadbent, The Morning Show’s Jack Davenport (Forever in Our Hearts as Commodore Norrington), Tony-nominee Lydia Leonard, and Tony-nominated actress. Vanity Fair. Natasha Little

The show is in good hands with executive producer John Morton, known for the BBC parody series W1A, who will also write and direct the first two episodes.

Morton shared: “It’s great to work with Amazon Prime Video, which supports creativity and gives us the freedom to put our UK brand in the series.

“It is a privilege for me to work with an amazing cast as well as star-studded cameos, which together represent the best British talent.”

Helena Bonham Carter, winner of an ensemble cast performance in a drama series for 'The Crown', poses in the Winners Gallery during the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles. , California — Helena Bonham Carter, out of an award-winning race at The Crown, will also participate (image: Terence Patrick / Getty Image for Turner)

Prime Video’s content manager Martin Backlund of the UK, Ireland and Nordic countries described the original show as a “smash hit” and said he would work with the team to bring a unique British perspective to Prime Video members Were “happy”. In the UK and Ireland “.

He continued, “The incredible cast as well as the talented back-the-scene crew mean it’s sure to be something special.”

Call my agent on netflix — The cast of the original French show (Image: Netflix)

The original series, known as Dix Pour Saint in France for the traditional cut, takes an agent from an acting client, stars Camille Cottin, Thibault de Montalmbert, Gregory Montel and Lillian Rover.

The show premiered on France 2 in 2015, and in 2021 it was confirmed that it would air with a 90-minute TV film and a fifth season.

call my agent! Available to stream on Netflix.

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