The Crown star Tobias Menzies, Reece Shearsmith (Inside No 9) and Yumi Asō (Perfect Days) have joined the cast of Apple TV+’s Prodigies starring Ayo Edebiri and Will Sharpe.
Andrene Ward-Hammond (Your Honor), Sophia Di Martino (Loki), Nabhaan Rizwan (Kaos), Meera Syal (Roar) and Lolly Adefope (The Franchise) have also boarded the show, which is created by Sharpe and follows two ex-child prodigies.
The ensemble additions lend weight to one of Apple’s hottest upcoming shows. Starring the in-demand Sharpe and Edebiri, Prodigies follows Didi (Edebiri) and Ren (Sharpe), two ex-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 of their relationship.
Asō could recently be seen in Oscar-nominated Wim Wenders movie Perfect Days. Menzies is best known for playing Prince Philip in The Crown Seasons 3 and 4, while Shearsmith co-created hit BBC anthology Inside No. 9.
Prodigies comes from Black Doves producer Sister and is created and written by Sharpe, who also serves as an executive producer alongside Edebiri, Jane Featherstone, Naomi de Pear and Katie Carpenter for Sister.
