Holliday Grainger Joins Tom Burke For J.K. Rowling Drama On BBC One
Holliday Grainger has taken the female lead in BBC’s One upcoming adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s Strike series of bestselling crime novels, which were written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, it has been announced today.
Grainger will star opposite Tom Burke (The Musketeers, War & Peace, The Hour) as Robin Ellacott, assistant to Cormoran Strike (Burke), a private detective operating out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Though she begins as a temporary secretary, managing Strike’s chaotic life, she soon becomes involved with his caseload and begins to see her true potential.
“I’m thrilled to be joining the talented creative team behind The Strike Series,” commented Grainger. “Especially with the role of Robin Ellacott. Her grounded strength and intelligence is going to be a joy to explore. I can’t wait to dive straight into the wit and grit of Strike’s cannily well observed London.”
The Strike Series includes adaptations of The Cuckoo’s Calling (3 x 60 minutes), The Silkworm (2 x 60 minutes) and Career of Evil (2 x 60 minutes) which are set to begin shooting in November across London. The casting announcement was made today by BBC One and J.K. Rowling’s production company Brontë Film & TV.
“I couldn’t be more delighted about the casting of Holliday Grainger, who brought my Robin to perfect onscreen life during her audition,” added Rowling “We’ve now secured two superb actors in the lead roles and I think they will create something very special together.”
Holliday Grainger has starred in a number of tv and film roles, including Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Cinderella, Bonnie & Clyde, Demons and as Lucrezia Borgia in The Borgias.
The Cormoran Strike Series will air on BBC One in 2017.
