Vicky McClure Set As Lead For Paramount+ UK Drama ‘Insomnia’ From ‘The Crown’ Producer Left Bank
deadline.comLine of Duty star Vicky McClure is to lead the cast of Paramount+ UK drama Insomnia. We first revealed details of the Left Bank Pictures series, an adaptation of Sarah Pinborough’s sleep deprivation thriller novel back in March and casting has now been revealed ahead of a planned 2024 launch.
Furthermore, McClure’s production company Build Your Own Films has joined the production. Also cast are Tom Cullen, Leanne Best, Lyndsey Marshal, Dominic Tighe, Jade Harrison, Corinna Marlowe, Robert Gilbert, Michelle Bonnard, India Fowler and Smylie Bradwell.
It has also emerged Börkur Sigthorsson (The Midwich Cuckoos, Baptiste) will direct Insomnia and joins Andy Harries, Jessica Burdett, Tim Bricknell and Pinborough as executive producer.
McClure will play successful career woman Emma Averill, who fears she might be losing her mind, when her hard-won dream life starts to turn into a nightmare.
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