‘How To Get Away With Murder’ Star Alfred Enoch Takes Lead In ‘Trust Me’ Season 2
‘Trust Me‘, the BBC One medical drama which starred Jodie Whittaker (who is now off travelling in time and space), is returning for a 2nd Season with a brand new cast led by ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ star Alfred Enoch the broadcaster has announced today.
Created and written by Dan Sefton Season 2 of the drama starts filming in Glasgow today, but with an entirely new cast which includes the brilliant John Hannah (‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’, ‘Spartacus’), Ashley Jensen (‘Extras’, ‘Catastrophe’) and Richard Rankin (‘Outlander’, ‘The Crimson Field’).
Set on the neurological unit of Glasgow Hospital, Alfred Enoch (‘Harry Potter’, ‘How to Get Away with Murder’) will star as Corporal Jamie McCain, a survivor of a shock enemy attack. Recovering from a spinal injury which has left him temporarily paralysed, Jamie faces a new enemy as fellow patients on the ward die unexpectedly around him.
As Jamie obsessively searches for the truth, his investigation drags him and the clinical staff into their own unnerving nightmares. But with his behaviour becoming increasingly erratic, is the threat real or imagined and is Jamie a man we can trust?
Hannah stars as clinical lead, Archie Watson, a doctor, whose awkward persona hides a seedier and more sinister side. Jensen takes the role of Debbie, a seemingly unimpeachable physiotherapist who is fiercely committed to her patients. However, there is a vulnerability to Debbie which makes her perfectly susceptible to being manipulated by a close colleague…
Rankin will play neurologist, Dr Alex Kiernan who, on the surface, is a fun and dedicated doctor but hides his steely ambition and we sense an implicit undercurrent of threat beneath his professional exterior.
“It’s great to be on board, it’s a cracking cast and Dan has done a great job crafting something that’s really invested in the characters,” comments Enoch. “It has a psychological concern that is dark and thrilling. I can’t wait to get started.”
Alfred Enoch has recently been starring as Wes in the Shondaland series ‘How to Get Away with Murder’, but will be well known to Potterheads as Dean Thomas in the ‘Harry Potter’ film series. Earlier this year he also starred in the UK/US miniseries ‘Troy: Fall of a City’.
“I’m very excited to be involved in unsettling and disturbing the nation by being part of Trust Me in this Hitchcockian tartan noir thriller,” added Hannah. The actor has all over the tv in recent years. He played Batiatus in Starz series ‘Spartacus’, Holden Radcliffe in ‘Agents Of SHIELD’, DI Jack Cloth in Sky One comedy ‘A Touch of Cloth’ and also popped up ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’. He also, of course, much loved for his film roles in ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’, ‘The Mummy’ series, and ‘Sliding Doors’.
Also, joining this all-star line-up are Katie Clarkson Hill, Jamie Michie, Chloe Harris, Amiera Darwish and Saskia Ashdown.
“I’m over the moon to be working with such fantastic actors on the new series of Trust Me,” comments executive producer, Dan Sefton. “It’s great to write a series that stars established talent like John and Ashley, while also bringing young actors like Alfred and Katie to leading roles for the BBC.”
The first series of ‘Trust Me’ debuted on BBC One in August 2017, achieved a consolidated series average of six million viewers. The drama is a RED Production Company production for BBC One, and the 4-episode 2nd Season will be directed by John Alexander (‘Jamestown’, ‘Sense & Sensibility’).
Set and filmed in and around Glasgow, ‘Trust Me‘ Season 2 will air on BBC One in 2019.
