Matthew Macfadyen has been cast as George Smiley in a new TV series based on the works of spy novelist John Le Carré that will be produced by the late author’s sons.
The Succession star, 50, will play Carré’s most famous intelligence officer in the new show called Legacy of Spies, which will draw plot lines from novels including The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy, and The Honourable Schoolboy, per Variety and Deadline.
