{"id":1514664,"date":"2026-06-10T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=310ada981999ba5a62897b21dfe0d574"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:30:36","slug":"hugh-laurie-joe-alwyn-join-john-le-carres-legacy-of-spies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1514664","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Laurie, Joe Alwyn join John le Carr\u00e9&#8217;s &#8216;Legacy of Spies&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/8da9fa255552d9b3f8fd73fbf37dba23.jpg\" alt\/><figcaption>Hugh Laurie headshot (Credit: Gus Gregory); Joe Alwyn headshot (Credit: Phil Sharp)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Hugh Laurie and Joe Alwyn have spied their latest project.<\/p><p>The two actors have joined the cast of <em>Legacy of Spies<\/em>, based on a combination of John le Carr\u00e9\u2019s 1963 bestseller <em>The Spy Who Came in from the Cold<\/em> and his 2017 novel <em>A Legacy of Spies<\/em>.<\/p><p>The eight-episode&nbsp;espionage drama follows the exploits of spymaster George Smiley, played by Matthew Macfadyen, and the British intelligence agency he works for called The Circus. Charlie Hunnam plays agent-runner and field operative Alec Leamas.<\/p><p>Laurie takes on the role of Control, Smiley\u2019s morally gray superior at The Circus known only by his codename, while Alwyn joins as Jim Prideaux, a charismatic agent who tends to go rogue in the field.<\/p><p>Laurie previously starred in another le Carr\u00e9 adaptation, <em>The Night Manager<\/em>, opposite Tom Hiddleston.<\/p><p><em>Legacy of Spies<\/em> will air on MGM+ in the U.S.<\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hugh Laurie headshot (Credit: Gus Gregory); Joe Alwyn headshot (Credit: Phil Sharp)Hugh Laurie and Joe Alwyn have spied their latest project.The two actors have joined the cast of Legacy of Spies, based on a combination of John le Carr\u00e9\u2019s 1963 bestsell&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":1514667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/8da9fa255552d9b3f8fd73fbf37dba23.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1451],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1514664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-entertainment-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 18:15:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/8da9fa255552d9b3f8fd73fbf37dba23.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1514664"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1514668,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514664\/revisions\/1514668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1514667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1514664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1514664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1514664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}