The always-charming Dominic Cooper has played some of the slickest characters on the big and small screen, including Tony Stark’s Howard Hughes-ian father, Howard, in a series of MCU productions, and the hellraising Jesse Custer in AMC‘s Preacher. Now, he’s turning that charisma into the purposes of evil in a new series for Paramount+. The series is an adaptation of the popular 2019 Australian podcast of the same name; both are based on the true story of Hamish McLaren, a globe-trotting con artist.
In Who the Hell Is Hamish?, Cooper stars as the title character; he’s a cultured, magnetic individual who charms his way into the heart of Bec (Claire van der Boom, Hawaii Five-0), a single mother who’s sitting on a substantial trust fund. However, Bec soon realizes that Hamish’s life doesn’t seem to entirely add up; she starts to put the pieces of his past together and finds a disturbing pattern. The six-episode drama series has now wrapped filming in Queensland, Australia, and will premiere on Paramount+ globally later this year.
Paramount announced the series with a first-look image of Cooper as Hamish, looking pensive with a blonde dye job. The series was written and created by Adam Zwar, who created the original Australian version of Wilfred; it was directed by Jeffrey Walker, a veteran of Australian series like Apple Cider Vinegar and The Artful Dodger. Says Tracey Robertson, a producer on the series and the CEO of production company Hoodlum Entertainment: “After six years in development, it’s extraordinary to see Who The Hell Is Hamish? finally come to life. Adam Zwar’s scripts are razor-sharp, full of wit, tension, and deep compassion for the people at the heart of this story, and Jeffrey Walker has brought them to the screen with a confidence and craft that is genuinely world-class.”
Who Else Stars in ‘Who the Hell Is Hamish?’
In addition to Cooper and van der Boom, the series also features an all-star Australian cast, including Simone Kessell (Yellowjackets), William McKenna (Good Cop/Bad Cop), Kate Jenkinson (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters), Miah Madden (My Brilliant Career), Fraser Anderson (Black Snow), Yasmin Kassim (Anaconda), Doris Younane (Last King of the Cross), Maria Angelico (Strife), Marta Dusseldorp (Bay of Fires), John Howard (Mad Max: Fury Road), Andrea Moor (Deadloch), Joel Jackson (Play Dead), Remy Hii (Spider-Man: Far From Home), Damien Garvey (Nautilus), Jack LaTorre (Nine Perfect Strangers) and newcomer Harvey Bowen.
Who the Hell Is Hamish? has wrapped production and will be released on Paramount+ later this year.
via Collider