If you’re a fan of spy series andGary Oldman, I’ve got some great news to share: now streaming on Apple TV+ is Oldman’s new series,Slow Horses, and it’s absolutely worth your time. Based onMick Herron’sbest-selling novels and adapted for television byWill Smith(Veep), the series follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 – Slough House. Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, the brilliant but cantankerous leader of the spies who end up in Slough House due to their career ending mistakes. Loaded with fantastic performances, great dialogue, and storylines you normally don’t see in a spy series,Slow Horsesis a welcome addition to the genre.
Shortly after watching the first six episodes, I got to speak withKristin Scott Thomas. She talked about why she wanted to be part of the series, what people would be surprised to learn about the making of the series, how the show shines a light on real people, how she’s never read any character like Jackson Lamb on paper, and the challenge of making a series for the first time and how different it is from shooting a movie. In addition, she reveals what someone should watch if you’ve never seen her work.
Slow Horsesalso starsJack Lowden,Olivia Cooke,Saskia Reeves,Dustin Demri-Burns, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Paul Higgins, Freddie Fox, Chris Reilly, Steve Waddington, Paul Hilton, Antonio Aakeel, Peter Judd,andJonathan Pryce.The series is produced by See-Saw Films.Graham Yostexecutive produces alongside Smith.Jamie Laurenson,Hakan Kousetta,Iain Canning,Emile Sherman,Gail MutruxandDouglas Urbanskialso serve as executive producers on the series.James Hawesdirects all six episodes and executive produces.
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Watch what Kristin Scott Thomas had to say in the player above, and below is exactly what we talked about followed by the official synopsis.Slow Horsesstreams exclusively on Apple TV+ and releases new episodes every Friday.
Kristin Scott Thomas
Here’s the official synopsis forSlow Horses:
Slow Horsesis a darkly humorous espionage drama that follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 known un-affectionately as Slough House. Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, the brilliant but irascible leader of the spies, who end up in Slough House due to their career-ending mistakes as they frequently find themselves blundering around the smoke and mirrors of the espionage world.
