With Lolly Adefope, Nick Frost, Jessica Hynes and Nicola Coughlan

A host of top comedy names, led by Sex Education’s Aimee Lou Wood, are to star in Sieze Them! a new historical comedy movie set in Dark Ages Britain.

Lolly Adefope, Nick Frost, Jessica Hynes and Derry Girls and  Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan also have main roles in the female-led film which has started shooting in Kent and Wales.  today.

Wood plays the egotistical Queen Dagan who is toppled by a revolution led by the charismatic Humble Joan (Coughlan) and  becomes a fugitive in her own land.

With the help of Shulmay (Adefope), a former servant with a lot of secrets, and Bobik (Frost), a shit-shoveller who wants more out of life, Queen Dagan faces hardship and danger as she tries to win back her throne.

Frost said: ‘The chance to shoot in Wales, the land of my Fathers, with Aimee and Lolly saying the terrific words, out loud, that Andy Riley has written, was a sweet temptation I found hard to resist.’

The script has been written by Andy Riley, whose credits include Veep,  Gnomeo and Juliet and Hyperdrive, and is directed by Baby Done’s Curtis Vowell.

Published: 21 Mar 2022