BBC announces casting for new crime family drama Mint
Created, written and directed by the acclaimed filmmaker behind the award-winning film Scrapper, the eight-part television series is a darkly comic and unconventional drama about a crime family's inner life, told through Regan's unique and distinctive voice. It explores the question of what love might feel like when everyone outside of your family is terrified of you.
At the centre of Mint is Shannon (Emma Laird - The Brutalist, Mayor of Kingstown), the naïve and fiercely romantic daughter of the area's dominant crime family. Shannon is desperately searching for love in the shadow of her gangster father, Dylan (Sam Riley - Firebrand, Rebecca)), devoted mum Cat (Laura Fraser - Patience, Breaking Bad), older brother Luke (Lewis Gribben - Somewhere Boy, Black Mirror) and the indomitable family matriarch, grandma Ollie (Lindsay Duncan - TrueLove, Sherwood).
Having grown up protected within the surreal, yet violent confines of the 'family business', things are set to change once Arran – played by acting newcomer Ben Coyle-Larner (better known as musician, Loyle Carner) - arrives on the scene.
A story about soaring romance and crushing heartbreak, love, infatuation, darkness and tragedy, Shannon is trying to find herself whilst dealing with the plain weirdness of living alongside the lawless world of the criminal elite, and pursuing her own version of power.
Charlotte Regan says: 'I had a little cry the other day thinking about how incredible this cast are. Absolute emotional wreck. But I honestly can't imagine these characters being brought into the world by better human beings. Every single one of them is going to smash it and I feel so grateful to have them all onboard.'
Mint was commissioning by Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama. The eight-part series is filming in Glasgow, and is created, written, directed and executive produced by Charlotte Regan. It is made for BBC iPlayer and BBC One by House Productions, one of BBC Studios' owned production labels, and Fearless Minds. It is produced by Angus Lamont (The Wonder, Tin Star), and executive produced by Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Theo Barrowclough for House Productions, Jolyon Symonds for Fearless Minds, and Rebecca Ferguson for the BBC. Mint will be distributed internationally by BBC Studios.
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