Top actor Tom Vaughan-Lawlor is set to join forces with Michael Fassbender as the pair have been cast in the upcoming spy thriller series The Agency. The former Love/Hate star, who played Nidge in the gritty RTE gangland show, will play the role of Ben, a “signals intelligence expert” at London Station. Based on the French series Le Bureau des Legendes, The Agency is currently in production in London.
READ MORE: Tom Vaughan Lawlor still gets called 'Nidge' - 10 years after Love/Hate role READ MORE: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor feared he'd never work again after Love/Hate success as Nidge US entertainment trade publication Deadline reports that The Agency follows 'Martian' (Fassbender), "a covert CIA agent ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station". "When the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites. His career, his real identity, and his mission are pitted against his heart, hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.
" Kerry star Michael Fassbender is among the executive producers of the series, while George Clooney is another executive producer through his company, Smokehouse Pictures. The cast of the Showtime series for Paramount+ also includes Richard Gere, Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, Katherine Waterston, John Magaro, David Harewood, and Ray BLK. Join the Irish Mirror’s breaking news service on WhatsApp.
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Former Love/Hate star set to work with Michael Fassbender and George Clooney on new spy thriller
Filming in London has already begun.