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Dan Stevens, Felix Kammerer and Agnes O’Casey Join ‘Legacy of Spies’ as BBC/MGM+ John le Carré Series Starts Production

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Dan Stevens, Felix Kammerer and Agnes O’Casey Join ‘Legacy of Spies’ as BBC/MGM+ John le Carré Series Starts Production
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Dan Stevens, Felix Kammerer and Agnes O’Casey Join ‘Legacy of Spies’ as BBC/MGM+ John le Carré Series Starts Production
The BBC and MGM+ John le Carre series Legacy of Spies, being led by Matthew MacFadyen as George Smiley, has started production and rounded out it cast
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MissingLink101 Apr 13, 2026 +38
More Dan Stevens is never a bad thing, bonus points if he gets to do an odd accent.
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dubblix Apr 13, 2026 +10
I watch anything he's in just for his accent work
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MissingLink101 Apr 13, 2026 +10
I think my favourite one is from [Cabinet of Curiosities](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am6T8shDRqY). It sounds like a Scandinavian Matt Berry.
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comrade_batman Apr 13, 2026 +6
First thing that pops into my head still when I read his name or see a picture is [“Sammy, those are fuckin’ onions!”](https://youtu.be/ATSf-WHAf3k?is=ntKL0afHtViZkRvW)
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MissingLink101 Apr 13, 2026 +3
Yeah that was great, he was clearly having fun in that role. I also think of "Bollocks, I just dropped the pupa" from the end of the [Solar Opposites trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyTANvYnbD8) where they revealed the voice/actor change for the main character.
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TheUmbrellaMan1 Apr 13, 2026 +9
I hope the don't mess up with the book's structure. Le Carre was very meticulous about how his plot unfolded. He himself described his writing technique as "cat sat on the dog's mat". Often, at the start of chapter 1, the novel's plot is halfway over. Take Tinker Tailor Solider Spy -- it has good tv and movie adaptations, but they never started like the book: a teacher killing an owl in the classroom and the student discovering the gun. The adaptations killed the air of mystery by starting with Control and the botched mission.
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FX114 Apr 13, 2026 +4
Jim Prideaux is my favorite character in the book, and his stuff (understandably) doesn't get enough attention in either adaptation.
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hitalec Apr 13, 2026 +3
If you aren’t familiar with the work, starting with the botched mission still has an air of mystery. >!The pan in on the lighter… !< I also liked the visual of the owl in the movie, despite it coming later
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AgentPoYo Apr 13, 2026 +2
How do you feel about the adaptation of A Most Wanted Man with Philip Seymour Hoffman, the article mentions the writer from that is helming this.
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PetyrDayne Apr 13, 2026 +1
Have you met modern showrunners?
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hitalec Apr 13, 2026 +5
If it’s as good as the recent Tinker Tailor, should be an absolute delight seeing Dan Stevens in a John le Carré adaption
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Stuckinthevortex Apr 14, 2026 +3
John Le Carre adaptions are almost always excellent, very keen to see this
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DeadpointClimbs Apr 13, 2026 +4
They should've called it Legion of Spies. Better yet they could just call it Legion actually. Yea I think Dan Stevens would be great in a show called Legion
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Grunklsnort Apr 14, 2026 +4
I'd watch the shit out of a show called Legion starring Dan Stevens, maybe if he costarred with Aubrey Plaza or something like that?
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