Sexy Beast – Watch the trailer for the new prequel series

2000’s Sexy Beast was directed by Jonathan Glazer. It starred Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley as Gal and Don, London gangsters who meet up again in Spain after years apart.

This new Paramount series takes us back to London in the 1990’s when the two characters where still friends.

James McArdle (Mare of Easttown, Angels in America) is Gal Dove, and Emun Elliott (The Rig, The Gold) is Don Logan – the duo are best friends and small-town thieves, living the good life in ’90s East London. Sarah Greene (Bad Sisters, Normal People) is Deedee Harrison, a captivating adult film star whose ambitions to control her own personal destiny and her love affair with Gal Dove put her in danger.

Stephen Moyer (Shots Fired, True Blood) is Teddy Bass, a treacherous, rising name in the gangster world, who seduces Gal and Don into his criminal web, and Tamsin Greig (Episodes, Friday Night Dinner) is Don’s pathologically controlling and formidable older sister Cecilia.

The original film is a great thriller, and Kingsley is excellent as the villainous Don. I do like some gangster action so this may well be worth checking out.

Sexy Beast hits Paramount+ on 25th January 2024.