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Succession star Matthew Macfadyen is set to play writer John le Carré’s fictional spy George Smiley in a new TV series, Variety has reported. Legacy of Spies is “currently in the works”, according to the outlet, adding that Macfadyen would be the latest actor to play the writer’s arguably most famous spy “should the series move forward”. Smiley has previously been portrayed on the big and small screens by actors including Gary Oldman, Alec Guinness, Denholm Elliott and Rupert Davies. Macfadyen won two Emmys and two Baftas for playing Tom Wambsgans in Succession, starred in 2005’s Pride and Prejudice film as Mr Darcy, and was recently in Deadpool & Wolverine.
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