Chanel Cresswell Joins Netflix's 'The Lords' Day' — SkimNews
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- Chanel Cresswell has boarded Netflix's upcoming series "The Lords' Day" in an as-yet-unrevealed role in the high-stakes political thriller.
- Damson Idris stars in the lead role of British spy Harry Jones, who becomes trapped inside Parliament during a siege at the State Opening.
- The show is an adaptation of Michael Dobbs' book, produced by Bad Wolf — the Doctor Who-maker behind HBO's House of the Dragon.
- Additional cast includes Harry Lawtey, Arsema Thomas, Sophie Willan, Gemma Whelan, and Timothy Spall, with their roles also being kept under wraps.
- Cresswell currently plays Tammy — Freddy's wife — in Netflix's "The Gentlemen" and won a BAFTA for Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne's "This is England '90," with further credits in Sherwood and Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama.
Why it matters: Bad Wolf's political thriller adds a BAFTA winner whose 'This is England' pedigree and ongoing Netflix role in 'The Gentlemen' give the streamer double exposure from one casting. The Dobbs adaptation stacks a prestige ensemble — Idris, Lawtey, Spall, Whelan — around a Parliament-siege premise at a moment when Netflix is loading up its UK originals slate for December.
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