Christina Hendricks, Paddy Considine to Star in Chris O’Dowd’s Sky Drama ‘Small Town, Big Story’
variety.comK.J. Yossman Christina Hendricks and “House of the Dragon’s” Paddy Considine have been tapped to lead “Small Town, Big Story,” a new Sky Studios drama from Chris O’Dowd O’Dowd (“State of the Union”) created and will direct the six-part dramatic comedy, which tells the story of the effect on a small Irish village when a Hollywood production begins shooting on its doorstep and rattled residents struggle to keep a long-buried secret under wraps.
The series is an Equity production, which is being shot in the U.K. and Ireland, but Sky has emphasized that all cast agreements comply with SAG-AFTRA rules in light of the ongoing actors strike.
The cast were contracted before the strike. In the series, “Mad Men” star Hendricks is set to play Wendy Patterson, a hot-shot L.A.
producer who grew up in the fictional Irish village of Drumbán while Considine stars as local doctor and community stalwart Seamus Proctor.
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