EXCLUSIVE: Rina Sawayama (John Wick: Chapter 4, Turn Up Charlie) joins the Apple TV+ romcom Prodigies cast alongside creator Will Sharpe and Ayo Edebiri, who also executive produce.
The series follows Didi (Edebiri) and Ren (Sharpe), two ex-child prodigies who have been together since they were children. Now in their early 30s, they are starting to question whether their very ordinary existence is living up to the extraordinary promise of their childhood. Inevitably, they find themselves asking the same questions about their relationship. As individual hopes and needs feed into and conflict with their shared lives, the series challenges the fallacy at the heart of romantic storytelling – that the tale is over when the heroes get together. In life, surely, that is just the beginning?
Sawayama will play Ren’s sister Hana in a recurring role.
Prodigies is created and written by Sharpe, who also serves as an executive producer, alongside Edebiri, and produced by Jane Featherstone (Black Doves, Giri/Haji), Naomi de Pear (This Is Going to Hurt, Flowers) and Katie Carpenter (Landscapers, Flowers) for Sister.
Sawayama is an actor, singer and model from Japan who made her acting debut in the Netflix series Turn Up Charlie, working opposite Idris Elba. The comedy, which Elba co-created with Gary Reich, follows a DJ turned nanny looking for a second chance. Piper Perabo and JJ Field also star. In 2023, Sawayama made her film debut in John Wick: Chapter 4 alongside Keanu Reeves. She played Shimazu Akira, the concierge of the Continental Hotel in Osaka and daughter of Shimazu Koji (Hiroyuki Sanada), the hotel manager.
She is repped by Paradigm and Wasserman Music.
