Netflix and RED Production Company has announced the new cast joining Stay Close including Eddie Izzard, Jo Joyner (Ackley Bridge, Ordinary Lies), Daniel Francis (Small Axe, Once Upon A Time), comedian Andi Osho (Line of Duty), Bethany Antonia (Get Even) Rachel Andrews (Butcher Boy), and Poppy Gilbert (The Pale Horse, Call the Midwife). They join previously announced names including Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt, Richard Armitage and Sarah Parish, rounding out an excellent cast for the latest adaptation of Coben’s best-selling novel Stay Close, from the same team behind The Stranger.
Eddie Izzard takes on the role of Harry - a small-town lawyer and defender of the disenfranchised residents of Livingstone - who has been like a father figure to Megan over the years. Jo Joyner is Erin Cartwright, a quick witted, highly observant Police Detective and Broome’s ex-wife. Andi Osho is cast as Simona, a retired ex-army sergeant who’s now pregnant with her first child.
Bethany Antonia plays Megan and Dave’s eldest daughter Kayleigh Shaw and Rachel Andrews is Bea, Kayleigh’s best friend. They are each other’s greatest ally, co-conspirator and support mechanism. Also joining the cast is seemingly sweet young couple Poppy Gilbert as Barbie and Hyoie O’Grady as Ken.
Nicola Shindler, Harlan Coben, Danny Brocklehurst, Richard Fee and Netflix, the team behind smash hit The Stranger {which also starred Richard Armitage}, 2018’s Safe and The Five {Sky/Netflix} collaborate on their fourth drama. Based on Harlan Coben’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel of the same name Stay Close goes into production Spring 2021.
Stay Close questions how much you really know someone. Three people living comfortable lives each conceal dark secrets from those closest to them; Megan (Jumbo), a working mother of three; Ray (Armitage), the once promising documentary photographer, now stuck in a dead-end job pandering to celebrity-obsessed rich kids, and Broome (Nesbitt), a detective unable to let go of a missing person’s cold case. Lorraine (Parish), an old friend from Megan's past, delivers some shocking news which will impact on all three characters. As the past comes back to haunt them, threatening to ruin their lives and the lives of those around them, what will be their next move?
The executive producers of the new eight-part series created by Harlan Coben, and based on his best-selling novel, are Nicola Shindler (Finding Alice, Happy Valley, It’s A Sin), writers Harlan Coben (The Woods) and Danny Brocklehurst (Brassic, Come Home), and Richard Fee (The Stranger, Prey).
Juliet Charlesworth (Happy Valley, Traces) is series producer and Daniel O’Hara (The Stranger, Brassic) is lead director and an executive producer. Sheila Nortley produces with Lindy Heymann as director for block two. Filming will take place in and around Manchester and the North West of England.
