The upcoming audio drama, which is based on the first novel in Charlie Higson’s the Young Bond book series and explores the upbringing of the teenage James Bond, is set to be released on 29 October.
Other new additions to the cast include William Hope (Sherlock Holmes) as Lord Hellebore, Paterson Joseph (Peep Show) as the Nazi scientist Dr Perseus Friend, Lucy Bond as Madame Ouspenskaya, Timothy Bentinck (The Archers) as Sergeant White, and Penelope Rawlins as Alfie Kelly.
Writer and director Barnaby Edwards said: “It is a cliche – but one with a firm basis in fact – that 90 per cent of directing is getting the cast right. It was hugely liberating to be told by IFPL that there was no pressure to cast ‘names’, I should just find the best actors I could for each of the roles.
“Miranda Raison and Tim McInnerny both have the ability to produce perfect period voices without it sounding stilted and both are tremendous at creating fully-fledged human beings with emotional flaws, depths and heroic steel.
"A single WhatsApp voice note convinced me he could. He’s the perfect Dr Friend!”
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"We were delighted that he was free and eager to play a Bond villain. Miranda Raison truly is perfect casting as Charmian Bond; she brings a certain period class with her, really evoking the interwar period, and she plays beautifully in her scenes with Isaac.
"Asking Paterson Joseph to play Dr Perseus Friend was Barnaby's idea, and I was instantly behind it one hundred percent. Paterson brings a chilling glee to Dr Friend, and a deceptively reassuring bedside manner that belies his sadistic heart.”
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