Two of LAMDA’s former Genesis Scholars, Tom Riley and Samuel Barnett, are currently working on exciting high-profile projects.
Tom Riley, who graduated in 2005, has been cast as the young Leonardo da Vinci in Da Vinci’s Demons, a new historical fantasy series from Starz Entertainment and BBC Worldwide Productions which follows the ‘untold’ story of the artist’s turbulent youth in Renaissance Florence. Production is due to begin in the summer.
On the stage, watch out for Samuel Barnett (class of 2001) - who found critical acclaim in the stage and film versions of Alan Bennett’s The History Boys shortly after graduating - starring as Witwoud in William Congreve’s The Way of the World at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre. The play runs until 25 February.
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