{"id":54958,"date":"2024-07-18T11:57:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T09:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2073023"},"modified":"2024-07-18T16:16:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:16:15","slug":"those-about-to-die-cast-who-stars-in-the-amazon-prime-video-historical-epic","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/those-about-to-die-cast-who-stars-in-the-amazon-prime-video-historical-epic\/","title":{"rendered":"Those About to Die cast: Who stars in the Amazon Prime Video historical epic?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The series is available to stream now. <\/p>

By Abby Robinson\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 18 July 2024 at 09:57 AM<\/p>

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Roland Emmerich (The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day) makes his TV directorial debut in Those About to Die<\/a>, a 10-episode historical fiction epic set in ancient Rome.<\/p>\n

The series, which is based on Daniel Mannix\u2019s non-fiction book of the same name, follows the stories of a cross-section of the city\u2019s people, from the emperor (Anthony Hopkins) to a crime lord (Iwan Rheon) to a woman (Sara Martins) searching for her son, who has been sold into the fearsome arena of gladiatorial combat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know of no other period in history that has so many echoes and resonances with today\u2019s world,\u201d said writer Robert Rodat (Thor: The Dark World, The Patriot, Saving Private Ryan).<\/p>\n

\u201cThough set firmly in the past, the show is a lens through which we can look at today in terms of entertainment, violence, immigration, gender, poverty, ambition and wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n

A number of familiar faces appear alongside Hopkins, Rheon and Martins, plus some you might not recognise.<\/p>\n

Read on for a rundown of the major players in Those About to Die.<\/p>\n

Those About to Die main cast<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Anthony Hopkins as Emperor Vespasian<\/strong><\/li>\n
Iwan Rheon as Tenax<\/strong><\/li>\n
Tom Hughes as Titus Flavianus<\/strong><\/li>\n
Jojo Macari<\/span>\u00a0as\u00a0Domitian Flavianus<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
Sara Martins as Cala<\/strong><\/li>\n
Gabriella Pession as Antonia,<\/strong><\/li>\n
J\u00f3hannes Haukur J\u00f3hannesson as Viggo<\/strong><\/li>\n
Moe Hashim as Kwame<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
Rupert Penry-Jones as Marsus<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
Gabriella Pession as Antonia<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
Dimitri Leonidas as Scorpus<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Anthony Hopkins plays Emperor Vespasian<\/strong><\/h2>\n
$\"Anthony$ \n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>
Iwan Rheon plays Tenax<\/strong><\/h2>\n
$\"Tenax$ \n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>

Iwan Rheon plays Tenax<\/strong><\/h2>\n
$\"Tenax$ \n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>

Tom Hughes plays Titus Flavianus<\/strong><\/h2>\n
$\"Tom$ \n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>

Jojo Macari<\/span> plays Domitian Flavianus<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
$\"Jojo$ \n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>

Sara Martins plays Cala<\/strong><\/h2>\n
$\"Kyshan$ \n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>

Rupert Penry-Jones plays Marsus<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
$\"Rupert$ \n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>

Gabriella Pession plays Antonia<\/strong><\/h2>\n
$\"Gabriella$ \n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>

J\u00f3hannes Haukur J\u00f3hannesson plays Viggo<\/strong><\/h2>\n
$\"Jo\u0301hannes$ \n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>

Moe Hashim plays Kwame<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
$\"Moe$ \n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>

Dimitri Leonidas plays Scorpus<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
$\"Dimitri$ \n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>