Drew Starkey, identified for portraying Rafe Cameron within the Netflix sequence Outer Banks, has joined Apple TV+‘s restricted sequence Fortunate. Jonathan Tropper (Banshee, Warrior) created the sequence as an adaptation of the namesake bestselling novel by Marissa Stapley. Reese Witherspoon serves as an government producer on the present.
Drew Starkey joins Timothy Olyphant in Apple TV+’s Fortunate sequence forged
The Apple TV+ restricted drama sequence Fortunate has added Drew Starkey to a powerful forged that additionally contains Anya Taylor-Pleasure (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga), Annette Bening (Apples By no means Fall), Timothy Olyphant (Justified: Metropolis Primeval), and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (The Deliverance). Starkey will painting Cary, the husband of Taylor-Pleasure’s sequence protagonist. Taylor-Pleasure and co-showrunners Tropper and Cassie Pappas (Silo) will government produce as properly (through Deadline).
In keeping with the log line, the plot revolves round a younger lady (Taylor-Pleasure), who give up her lifetime of crime however should face demons from her previous for one remaining time.
Fortunate is the newest mission on which Apple TV+ and Witherspoon’s Hiya Sunshine have collaborated after The Morning Present and Floor. “We couldn’t be extra excited to companion with Apple TV+ and the incomparable Anya Taylor-Pleasure, plus our sensible creator Jonathan Tropper and his fantastic co-showrunner Cassie Pappas, to deliver this compelling sequence — primarily based on Marissa Stapley’s implausible novel — to audiences around the globe,” Witherspoon stated in 2024 (through Apple TV+ Press).
Except for Outer Banks and Queer, Starkey has appeared in Love, Simon; The Hate U Give; The Satan All of the Time; Scream: Resurrection; and The Terminal Listing. The 31-year-old actor obtained widespread vital popularity of his efficiency in Luca Guadagnino’s Queer. Starkey’s Cary will probably be a significant recurring character in Fortunate.
