ACTING TOUGH

Three improv performers are hired by the police for an undercover mission

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When a trio of improv actors are recruited by the police to help catch criminals, they find themselves way over their heads and embroiled with some of London's most terrifying crime lords...

That’s the premise of Prime Video's new British action-comedy movie Deep Cover, starring Jurassic World's Bryce Dallas Howard, Ted Lasso's Nick Mohammed and The Lord of the Rings' Orlando Bloom as unlikely thespian crime-fighters Kat, Hugh and Marlon, who use their acting skills to infiltrate the capital’s most notorious gang.

Here, in an exclusive interview with TV&Satellite Week, Howard and Mohammed, both 44, tell us more...

What can you reveal about your characters?

Howard Kat is an American improv teacher. Her goal was always to be an actor but it hasn't worked out, so now she's teaching students.

Mohammed Hugh is an office worker at a crossroads in his life.