{"id":16487,"date":"2022-03-16T10:18:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cineflix-rights-helium-cast-last-king-cross-lead\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T10:40:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:40:24","slug":"cineflix-rights-helium-cast-last-king-of-the-cross-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cineflix-rights-helium-cast-last-king-of-the-cross-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Cineflix Rights & Helium Cast Last King of the Cross Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"
Helium and Cineflix Rights have cast Australian actor Lincoln Younes (Grand Hotel<\/em>, Tangle<\/em>, Barons<\/em>) as the lead in Last King of the Cross<\/em>.<\/p>\n Based on John Ibrahim\u2019s best-selling autobiography, the drama tracks his rise from a poverty-stricken immigrant with no education and no prospects to Australia\u2019s most infamous nightclub mogul in Sydney’s Kings Cross. Younes will portray Ibrahim.<\/p>\n \u201cWe could not be more thrilled to have Lincoln shouldering our show,\u201d said Kieran Darcy-Smith, writer and director of the series. \u201cHe is a terrific young actor, and he\u2019ll be taking us all on a wild ride. John Ibrahim is\u2014amongst so many things\u2014an enigma wrapped in a mystery. He is a fascinating and compelling character. An individual. Therefore, finding the right person to portray him accurately was paramount. Finding Lincoln was a blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLincoln is one of Australia\u2019s hottest new talents, and as the series\u2019 worldwide distributor, we are thrilled to have him play the lead in Last King of the Cros<\/em>s,\u201d added James Durie, head of scripted at Cineflix Rights. \u201cMark [Fennessy] and Kieran at Helium are lining up a fantastic show that will have enormous international appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n Younes said, \u201cIt is an honor to have the opportunity to play such a formidable character in a world where truth is often stranger than fiction. I feel privileged to lead a diverse cast with a Lebanese character at its center, and I\u2019m excited to bring the world to Sydney\u2019s Kings Cross once more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Helium and Cineflix Rights have cast Australian actor Lincoln Younes (Grand Hotel, Tangle, Barons) as the lead in Last King of the Cross.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":16488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[3462,4907],"class_list":["post-16487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cineflix-rights","tag-helium","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n