Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton have been added to the star-studded cast of Good Omens, an adaptation of the cult novel written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. They will be taking on the roles of mysterious book buyers Harmony and Glozier in the six part series which stars David Tennant as Crowley and Michael Sheen as Aziraphale, a demon and angel who join forces to prevent the oncoming Apocalypse.
Gatiss and Pemberton will join their League Of Gentlemen co-star in the cast list; Reece Shearsmith has already been announced as William Shakespeare. Also announced today is Holby City and Jamestown actress Niamh Walsh in the role of Rose.
The series is in the final weeks of its shoot and the cast and crew will continue to work on location around Cape Town, South Africa until early March.
Mark Gatiss said of his casting: “I’m delighted to be working with David
and Michael again and of course with Steve - bringing a little film noir menace
to such an exciting project. Being bad never felt so good!”
Steve Pemberton added: “To be asked to fly to Cape Town with
Mark and meet up with old friends David and Michael working on a script from
the genius mind of Neil Gaiman...? Well, you had me at Cape Town. Glozier and
Harmony are a small piece of the jigsaw but hopefully one which will fit nicely
into place”
Good Omens is a commission for Amazon Prime Video and for
BBC Two and is being produced by the comedy team at BBC Studios, the BBC’s
commercial production arm, Narrativia and The Blank Corporation, in association
with BBC Worldwide. Other cast members include Jon Hamm playing the Archangel
Gabriel, Miranda Richardson as Madame Tracy, Michael McKean as Shadwell, Jack
Whitehall as Newt, Adria Arjona as Anathema Device, Anna Maxwell Martin as Beelzebub
and Derek Jacobi as the Metatron. Good Omens is directed by Douglas Mackinnon
and will launch globally on Prime Video in over 200 countries and territories
in 2019 including in the UK, where it will also air on BBC Two at a later date.
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