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JOHN SLATTERY, JESSICA HENWICK AMONG 9 CAST IN NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES ‘VLADIMIR’
OPPOSITE RACHEL WEIEZ, LEO WOODALL

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Vladimir Cast Netflix

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders; Gavin Bond; Matilda Hill Jenkins; Robert Ascroft;
Daryljim photography; Grant Cooper; Thomas Brunot; Courtesy of Netflix; Justin
Patterson

Netflix ‘s limited series adaptation of the
Julia May Jonas novel “Vladimir” is rounding out its main cast.

Nine new cast members have joined the series alongside previously announced
leads

Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall. Variety has learned that John Slattery
(“Mad Men,” “Spotlight,” “Nuremberg”),
Jessica Henwick (“Glass Onion: A Knives
Out Mystery,” “Silo”), and Ellen Robertson (“Mickey 17,” “Black Mirror,” “Too
Much”) have been cast as series regulars in the roles of John, Cynthia, and Sid
respectively.

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In addition, the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning team of Shari Springer Berman
and Robert Pulcini (“Fleishman Is in Trouble,” “American Splendor”) are set to
direct three of the show’s eight episodes, including the pilot. They will also
be executive producers on the series.

The official logline for the show states, “As a woman’s (Weisz) life unravels,
she becomes obsessed with her captivating new colleague (Woodall). Full of sexy
secrets, dark humor and complex characters, ‘Vladimir’ is about what happens
when a woman goes hell-bent to turn her fantasies into reality.”

Jonas is adapting her book for the screen and also serves as executive producer
on the series. Weisz will executive produce in addition to starring. Sharon
Horgan, Stacy Greenberg, and Kira Carstensen executive produce via Merman along
Jason Winer & Jon Radler of Small Dog Picture Company, as well as Springer
Berman and Pulcini. 20th Television is the studio.

(Pictured from top left, left to right: John Slattery, Jessica Henwick, Ellen
Robertson, Kayli Carter, Matt Walsh, Tattiawna Jones, Mallori Johnson, Louise
Lambert, Miriam Silverman)

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