Shudder s The Power Horror-Thriller Sets April Premiere theslanted.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theslanted.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Starting in Cairo in 1941, the series centers on David Stirling, an eccentric young officer who lies bored in hospital after a training exercise that went wrong. Convinced that traditional commando units don’t work, he creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare. He fights for permission to recruit the toughest, boldest and brightest soldiers for a small undercover unit that will create mayhem behind enemy lines. More rebels than soldiers, Stirling’s team are every bit as complicated, flawed and reckless as they are astonishingly brave and heroic.
Skins star O’Connell will play Paddy Mayne, while Game Of Thrones actor Allen will appear as Jock Lewes.
The Wire star Dominic West will play Lieutenant Colonel Wrangel Clarke.
Dominic West (Matt Crossick/PA)
The series, set in Cairo in 1941, will also star Kingsman actress Sofia Boutella, Industry’s Amir El Masry and Carnival Row actor Theo Barklem-Biggs.
The show meets Stirling while he is in hospital after a training exercise went wrong.
Convinced that traditional commando units do not work, he creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare and fights for permission to recruit the toughest, boldest and brightest soldiers for a small undercover unit that will create mayhem behind enemy lines.
SAS: Rogue Heroes - Cast Announced - Press Release spoilertv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from spoilertv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dominic West, Connor Swindells, Alfie Allen, Jack O Connell and more have joined the cast of BBC drama series "SAS: Rogue Heroes," from "Peaky Blinders" creator Steven Knight.