Sex Education star Jodie Turner-Smith has landed her next TV role alongside Michael Fassbender in The Agency.
The London-set Paramount+ thriller, which also stars American Fiction's Jeffrey Wright and Pretty Woman's Richard Gere, focuses on a covert CIA agent who must abandon his undercover life and return to London.
However, an old flame comes back into his life, and according to the official synopsis, "his career, his real identity and his mission are pitted against his heart" as they're both hurled "into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage". Intriguing!
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Turner-Smith, who has been seen recently in Star Wars series The Acolyte, will play social anthropology professor Sami Zahir, who has a history with Fassbender's agent Martian.
“Jodie Turner-Smith is a force who captivates audiences with her raw emotional power,” said Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks president of content and chief creative officer Nina L Diaz.
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“We are thrilled she is joining this extraordinary cast for The Agency alongside Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright and Richard Gere.”
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Wright was recently cast as Henry, the director of operations and a mentor to Martian, while Gere will portray Bosko.
The Agency is a remake of French series Le Bureau des Légendes (also known as The Bureau), and counts George Clooney and Grant Heslov as executive producers.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny's Jez and John-Henry Butterworth will write the series, while the first two episodes will be directed by Atonement's Joe Wright.
As well as The Agency, Turner-Smith is lining up roles in Tron: Ares and A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, the latter of which will co-star Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell.
The Agency will be premiering on Paramount+ later this year.
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