Josh Charles, Dali Benssalah, and Yumna Marwan have boarded the cast of FX’s limited series “The Veil” from Steven Knight. Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale) is set to star in the series.
The thriller explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it.
According to Variety, exact character details are being kept under wraps, but Charles will star as Max, Benssalah as Malik, and Marwan as Adilah.
The series will be written and executive produced by Knight alongside PatMa Productions’ Denise Di Novi and Nina Tassler, and Moss with Lindsey McManus under their Love & Squalor Pictures banner.
“The Veil” will be produced by FX Productions.
A release date for “The Veil” has not been announced yet however the series will stream on Hulu and is likely to release on Disney+ internationally as well.
Charles is perhaps best known for his roles in The Good Wife, for which he earned two Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe nomination. He most recently starred in HBO’s We Own This City, Away at Netflix and In Treatment at HBO.
Benssalah is known for his roles in the James Bond film No Time to Die as well as The Accidental Getaway Driver.
Marwan’s credits include the TV series Little Birds, and films like The Translator, Costa Brava, Lebanon, and The River.
Source: Variety