{"id":23446,"date":"2025-09-19T11:13:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/danny-brocklehursts-adultery-casts-leads\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:14:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:14:55","slug":"danny-brocklehursts-adultery-casts-leads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/danny-brocklehursts-adultery-casts-leads\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Brocklehurst\u2019s Adultery Casts Leads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dominic Cooper (<em>Preacher<\/em>, <em>The Devil\u2019s Double<\/em>) and Romola Garai (<em>One Life<\/em>, <em>Vigil<\/em>) are set to star in the lead roles of ITV\u2019s upcoming romance drama <em>Adultery<\/em>, created and written by Danny Brocklehurst (<em>Fool Me Once<\/em>, <em>Brassic<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Poison Pen Studios, part of ITV Studios, for ITV and STV, Brocklehurst\u2019s love story raises questions about class, grief and the effects of social media. Will Sinclair and Daniel O\u2019Hara are on board as directors.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper and Garai will star as Tom Kirkman and Beth Brookes. Tom\u2019s 15-year-old daughter finds love with her schoolmate Ollie, and the two cannot keep their hands off one another. When Tom meets Ollie\u2019s mom, Beth, the two share an immediate and intense connection, and their families\u2019 lives are potentially turned upside down forever.<\/p>\n<p>Also joining the cast are Shelley Conn (<em>Gen V<\/em>, <em>Bridgerton<\/em>) as Tom\u2019s wife and Matthew McNulty (<em>Domina<\/em>, <em>Deadwater Fell<\/em>) as Beth\u2019s husband. Additional stars are Johnny Sanpher, Leila Khan (<em>Heartstopper<\/em>, <em>Crookhaven<\/em>), Andrew Knott (<em>Gavin &amp; Stacey<\/em>, <em>Protection<\/em>), James Murray (<em>The Crown<\/em>, <em>Masters of the Air<\/em>) and Charley Webb (<em>The Long Shadow<\/em>, <em>Better<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><em>Adultery<\/em> is produced in association with ITV Studios, which will distribute the series internationally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a wonderful privilege to assemble such an amazing cast for <em>Adultery<\/em>,\u201d Brocklehurst said. \u201cThe characters in our show have complex emotional lives, and we needed the very best acting talent to bring them to the screen. I couldn&#8217;t be more thrilled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled that we have assembled such a high-caliber cast for Danny\u2019s wonderful scripts,\u201d said Poison Pen Studios\u2019 Ben Stephenson. \u201cDominic and Romola are two remarkable actors at the peak of their careers, and it\u2019s hugely exciting to see what they bring to this juicy, gripping and complex show alongside their amazing co-leads Matthew and Shelley.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominic Cooper (Preacher, The Devil\u2019s Double) and Romola Garai (One Life, Vigil) are set to star in the lead roles of ITV\u2019s upcoming romance drama Adultery, created and written by Danny Brocklehurst (Fool Me Once, Brassic).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":23192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[10348,5894,2018,8042,321,119,5198,11385],"class_list":["post-23446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-adultery","tag-ben-stephenson","tag-danny-brocklehurst","tag-dominic-cooper","tag-itv","tag-itv-studios","tag-poison-pen-studios","tag-romola-garai","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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