Hollywood star for BBC drama

Richard Gere will star alongside Helen McCrory (Peaky Blinders) and Billy Howle (Witness for the Prosecution, On Chesil Beach) as the family at the heart of BBC Two’s forthcoming MotherFatherSon.

The eight-part original drama was created and written by Tom Rob Smith (Child 44, London Spy, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) and will be made by BBC Studios Drama London for BBC Two

Richard Gere will play Max, a charismatic self-made American businessman with media outlets in London and around the world. Helen McCrory will play Kathryn, a British heiress who has been estranged from Max following the breakdown of their marriage some years before. Their 30 year-old son, Caden (Billy Howle), runs Max’s UK newspaper and is primed to follow in his father’s footsteps as one of the most powerful men in the world. But when Caden’s self-destructive lifestyle spirals out of control, the devastating consequences threaten the future of the family, its empire, and a country on the brink of change.

Richard Gere says: “It’s been almost 30 years since I worked in television. I’m so pleased to be working now with the BBC on this extraordinary project with such talented people and which resonates so much to the time we live in.”

Filming will begin this summer in London and on location in Spain.