Amazon Prime Video Releases First Looks At THE RIG Cast

Amazon Prime Video has released a series of new stills which focus on the cast of upcoming mystery thriller The Rig.

Iain Glen plays Magnus MacMillan, Offshore Installation Manager of the rig and leader of the crew, Emily Hampshire plays Rose Mason the scientist and oil company rep, a fresh face on-board the rig.

Martin Compston plays Communications Officer Fulmer Hamilton. Rochenda Sandall (Criminal: UK, Small Axe) plays Medic Cat Braithwaite. Owen Teale (Game of Thrones, A Discovery of Witches) is Head Driller Lars Hutton. Richard Pepple (Bridgerton, Cobra) is crew boss Grant Dunlin and Mark Bonnar (Guilt, Quiz) is Deck Foreman Alwyn Evans.

Calvin Demba (Life, Last Christmas) plays Drill Hand Baz Roberts, Emun Elliott (Guilt) is rig mechanic Leck Longman. Abraham Popoola (Cruella) is rig crane driver Easter Ayodeji, Stuart McQuarrie (Des) is Head Chef Colin Murchison and Molly Vevers (The Spanish Princess) plays roustabout Heather Shaw.

The Rig will be the first Amazon Original Series filmed exclusively in Scotland, on an oil rig and at FirstStage Studios, the new Scottish film and TV studio space in Edinburgh. Now the series has announced it’s principal cast including Iain Glen (Game of Thrones, Titans), Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek) and Martin Compston (Line of Duty).

The Rig is aiming for a late 2021/early 2022 launch.

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