In the new Starz drama, two brothers compete both inside and out of the wrestling ring. <\/p>
Stephen Amell (Arrow) and Alexander Ludwig (Vikings) star in the upcoming Starz wrestling drama Heels, with the two actors playing on-screen brothers involved in pro wrestling.<\/p>\n
Set in Georgia, the two brothers have an antagonist relationship both in and outside of the wrestling ring, as the rivals argue over who will inherit the family-owned wrestling promotion.<\/p>\n
Created by Loki alumnus Michael Waldron, the series follow Jack Spade (Amell) and his younger brother Ace (Ludwig), both wrestlers. In the ring, both play characters: Jack is the bad guy, a.k.a. the heel, while Ace is the hero.<\/p>\n
However, according to the official synopsis, \u201cin the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to \u2014 or hard to leave behind\u201d.<\/p>\n
Read on for everything you need to know about Heels.<\/p>\n
Wrestling drama Heels is released on StarzPlay on 15th August 2021<\/strong>.<\/p>\n You can watch Heels from 15th August 2021 on StarzPlay.<\/p>\n The StarzPlay app is available to download on your Android<\/a> and Apple<\/a> device. The app is also available on most Android TVs and is compatible with Google Chromecast.<\/p>\n You can also watch StarzPlay content through Amazon Prime Video<\/a>. You can sign up to the service here<\/a>. Meanwhile,\u00a0Virgin TV customers can also access StarzPlay.<\/p> Stephen Amell (Arrow) and Vikings star Alexander Ludwig play the lead characters, Jack and Ace Spade respectively.<\/p>\n Rounding out the cast are stars Mary McCormack, Alison Luff, Kelli Berglund, Allen Maldonado, Roxton Garcia, James Harrison, Chris Bauer, Robby Ramos, and Trey Tucker.<\/p>\n Amell previously revealed that he tested positive for Covid-19 while filming Heels in Atlanta. While luckily production was able to go ahead while he recovered, he recalled his initial anxiety about the implications for the series.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen it happened, when I got the positive test, for me it became, \u2018Holy f***! I just destroyed this show because I\u2019m number one on the call sheet and I work every day, more or less,\u201d he said on Michael Rosenbaum\u2019s podcast Insider You<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m in my head going, \u2018S***! They\u2019re going to have to shut down the production. We\u2019re not yet done with the first block of two episodes. Did I just ruin this?’\u201d<\/p>\n You can watch the official Starz trailer for Heels here.<\/p>\n\n You can also watch the behind-the-scenes trailer for Heels here.<\/p>\n\n Looking for other on-demand picks? Check out our guide to the best series on Netflix<\/a> and best movies on Netflix<\/a>, visit our TV Guide<\/a>, or take a look at the rest of our Drama<\/a> coverage.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the new Starz drama, two brothers compete both inside and out of the wrestling ring. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":2683,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/heels-uk-release-date-how-to-watch-trailer-cast-and-news.jpg",2100,1355,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/heels-uk-release-date-how-to-watch-trailer-cast-and-news-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/heels-uk-release-date-how-to-watch-trailer-cast-and-news-300x194.jpg",300,194,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/heels-uk-release-date-how-to-watch-trailer-cast-and-news-768x496.jpg",768,496,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/heels-uk-release-date-how-to-watch-trailer-cast-and-news-1024x661.jpg",800,516,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/heels-uk-release-date-how-to-watch-trailer-cast-and-news-1536x991.jpg",1536,991,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/heels-uk-release-date-how-to-watch-trailer-cast-and-news-2048x1321.jpg",2048,1321,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In the new Starz drama, two brothers compete both inside and out of the wrestling ring.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/2682"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How to watch Heels in the UK<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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