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Mark Strong Leads Cast Of Darkly Comic Thriller ‘Temple’ For Sky

by Dave Elliott
Mark Strong Leads Cast Of Darkly Comic Thriller 'Temple' For Sky

Mark Strong Leads Cast Of Darkly Comic Thriller ‘Temple’ For Sky

Mark Strong (‘Kingsman’) will lead a cast including Carice van Houten, (‘Game of Thrones’) and Daniel Mays (‘Line of Duty’) in a new darkly comic thriller, Temple for Sky the broadcaster has announced.

Deep below the streets of London, descending past Temple tube in the beating heart of the city, lies a dark secret. An illegal clinic has been set up in an abandoned subterranean network of tunnels.

Daniel played by Mark Strong, is a surgeon, driven by personal tragedy to treat anyone who is willing to pay for medical help outside the system. Aided by Lee (Mays) a disgruntled transport employee, and Anna (Houten) a guilt-ridden medical researcher, they treat a variety of increasingly desperate and highly dangerous patients, as Daniel’s morality is tested to the limit. ‘Temple’ is a story of fate, chaos and consequence and asks how far you would go to save the person you love.

“Mark O’Rowe has created a complex and multi-faceted character in Daniel – a man pushed to the extreme as his world is radically destabilised. Temple is a gripping and humane morality tale for our time,” comments Mark Strong on his character.

Heartfelt and darkly comic, the thriller is adapted by playwright Mark O’Rowe (‘Boy A’) from the critically acclaimed Norwegian drama series ‘Valkyrien’, Temple will be produced by Hera Pictures for Sky.

“When Hera Pictures delivered the scripts for Temple, we at Sky fell in love with its blackly comic streak and the morally compromised characters working in their own secret realm beneath London,” adds Gabriel Silver, Executive Producer for Sky. “I’ve been an ardent fan of Mark O’Rowe’s work from his adaptation of Boy A to Intermission, and having Mark, Carice and Daniel cast, I know that the audience will be treated to an unflinching, hilarious and very human story.”

Liza Marshall, Mark Strong and Mark O’Rowe exec produce for Hera Pictures and Gabriel Silver and Anne Mensah for Sky. Luke Snellin (‘Wanderlust’) is the lead director with Shariff Korver (‘Fenix’) and Lisa Siwe (‘Modus’) following and Barney Reisz (‘Black Mirror’) produces.

Temple‘ will air on Sky One and streaming service NOW TV in the UK and Ireland during 2019.

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