Meet the Cast of Hamburg Days: Asa Butterfield as Brian Epstein, Jonny Lee Miller as Jim McCartney, and More!
Asa Butterfield, known for his role in Sex Education, has been cast as Brian Epstein, The Beatles' manager, in the upcoming TV series Hamburg Days. The show will also feature Jonny Lee Miller as Paul McCartney's father, Jim McCartney, and Christine Tremarco as Aunt Mimi, John Lennon's guardian. Other additions to the cast include Darci Shaw, Ryan Sampson, Archie George, Jorden Myrie, Lea Drinda, Tash Major, and Louis McCartney.
The six-part series, backed by German network ZDF and acquired by the BBC, is based on Klaus Voormann's book and follows the early years of The Beatles. The show is set in the 1960s in Hamburg's St. Pauli red-light district, where the band meets Klaus Voormann and Astrid Kirchherr, sparking a transformation that leads to their global success.
Hamburg Days is created by showrunner Christian Schwochow and head writer Jamie Carragher. The series is directed by Schwochow and Laura Lackmann, with Frank Lamm as the director of photography. Klaus Voormann serves as a consultant to the show, and the executive producers include Benjamin Benedict, Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann, Andrew Eaton, Justin Thomson, Stuart Ford, Lourdes Diaz, Miguel A. Palos Jr., Isabel Haug, and Katharina Haase.
The production of Hamburg Days is supported by various film funds and is being handled for worldwide sales outside the UK and Germany by AGC International. The series promises to provide an inside look at the early days of The Beatles and their rise to fame, with a talented cast bringing the story to life on screen.