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Paramount+ Scottish Highland Drama Laird Announces Additional Casting
Paramount+ Scottish Highland Drama Laird Announces
Additional Casting
Jennifer Ehle, Peter Mullan, Phia Saban, Ruaridh Mollica, Holliday Grainger, Douglas Hodge, and Corey Mylchreest Join Cast
From Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and Georgia Lee, Laird is Produced by Paramount Television Studios and 101 Studios
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(From L to R: Jennifer Ehle, PC: UK Telegraph; Peter Mullan, PC: Rankin; Phia Saban, PC: Milly Cope; Ruaridh Mollica, PC: Ryan Michael Price; Holliday Grainger, PC: Lara Jade; Douglas Hodge, PC: Eyevine; Corey Mylchreest, PC: Harry Livingstone)
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- OCTOBER 15, 2026 – Additional casting was announced today for the new Paramount+ Scottish Highland drama, Laird, which is currently filming in Scotland and London.
- Joining the cast are Jennifer Ehle (Contagion, Zero Dark Thirty), Peter Mullan (I Swear, Ozark), Phia Saban (House of the Dragon, The Last Kingdom), Ruaridh Mollica (Vision Quest, Isle of Man), Holliday Grainger (Peter Melrose, Strike), Douglas Hodge (Legends, Joker), and Corey Mylchreest (Queen Charlotte, Hostage).
- They join previously announced Oscar®, Emmy® and Golden Globe®-winning actor, writer and director Kenneth Branagh (Mayday, Oppenheimer), and Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominee Peter Sarsgaard (Memory, Boys Don’t Cry). Branagh also serves as executive producer.
- Set in the modern Scottish Highlands, Laird is an epic family saga in which a proud Scot (Kenneth Branagh) defies a shadowy American billionaire (Peter Sarsgaard) hellbent on buying up the glens. Amidst family feuds, buried secrets and star-crossed romances, the Laird of Castle Drummoch (Branagh) remains determined to protect his ancestral lands from oligarchical land grabbing.
- Created by Jez Butterworth (MobLand, The Agency), John-Henry Butterworth (Nine Perfect Strangers, The Agency) and Georgia Lee (Destination, Mudtown), Laird is produced by Paramount Television Studios and 101 Studios. Branagh will executive produce alongside David C. Glasser, Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth, Joe Wright, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, Bob Yari, Charles Finch, and Keith Cox. Two-time BAFTA®-winning filmmaker Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, Darkest Hour, Cyrano) is attached to direct the pilot.
- The series will premiere globally exclusively on Paramount+.
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