Richard Armitage has joined the stacked cast of Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Harlan Coben’s novel Missing You. This marks the actor’s fourth time working on a Coben adaptation, following his roles in The Stranger as Adam Price, Stay Close as Ray Levine, and Fool Me Once as Joe Burkett.
It was announced earlier this month that Slow Horses star Rosalind Eleazar will lead the project. Joining her are The Girl Before’s Jessica Plummer, Sex Education’s Samantha Spiro, The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’s Lenny Henry, Happy Valley’s Steve Pemberton, Sexy Beast’s Paul Kaye, Archie’s Lisa Faulkner, and Doctor Who’s Mary Malone.
The rest of the cast includes Charlie Hamblett, Oscar Kennedy, Brigid Zengeni, Catherine Ayers, Felix Garcia Guyer, and Jo Martin. According to Deadline, the series adaptation is currently filming in the UK.
What is Missing You about?
Missing You chronicles the story of a woman named Kat Donovan, who, while swiping profiles on a dating app, suddenly stumbles across her estranged fiancé Josh. As the memories of the past flashback before her eyes, her discovery forces her to embark on another investigation surrounding her late father’s murder.
The official synopsis (via Deadline) reads: “Eleven years ago Detective Kat Donovan’s fiancé Josh — the love of her life — disappeared and she’s never heard from him since. Now, swiping profiles on a dating app, she suddenly sees his face and her world explodes all over again. Josh’s reappearance will force her to dive back into the mystery surrounding her father’s murder and uncover long-buried secrets from her past.”
Guy Hescott will produce Missing You with the book’s author serving as the executive producer alongside Nicola Shindler, Richard Fee, Asare-Archer, and Danny Brocklehurst. The series will be directed by Sean Spencer based on a screenplay by Victoria Asare-Archer. Isher Sahota, on the other hand, will serve as the second director.
