The series, a gritty look at the operations of the titular Irish gang which operated in New York City in the 1980s, also stars Grantchester's Tom Brittney, with Simmons playing gang leader Eamon Sweeney, while the former plays his second in command Jimmy Roarke.
"Him - he drew me to it," Brittney said, pointing at Simmons. "That's a straight answer. I got the audition through, and it had… I mean, there were other things. [Showrunners] Chris Brancato and Michael Panes. Chris had been part of Narcos, Michael Panes and him on Godfather of Harlem, very successful shows, and then JK Simmons, and I went, 'Yeah, I'm in.'"
View Green Video on the source website"But I saw that Chris and Michael had created complex, multi-layered characters with some ambiguity and some subtlety, and a world that lives in the different shades of grey. I found all the characters really compelling and was excited to jump on board."
"He was kind of raised by Sweeney since he was a young teenager after he lost his parents. And he was just brought into the life of crime, and is incredibly loyal to Sweeney and to the gang. But at the beginning of the series, some conflict happens pretty quickly that then puts that that loyalty into question."
Meanwhile, Simmons said of Sweeney: "Eamon Sweeney is the head of the Westies, and that's a tenuous position for anybody, because people do tend to get bumped off, and we're all looking over our shoulders, the Westies, the Italians - so he tries to exude this calm, but he's trying to hang on."
The Westies will be available to stream exclusively on MGM+ from 12 July 2026 in the UK.
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