After casting Jude Law in the title role as a young conservative Amercian pontiff, and Diane Keaton as a nun, the cast for Paolo Sorrentino-Directed TV series ?The Young Pope? has been rounded out with a slew of top European and international talent.
Joining the three-way Sky, HBO and Canal Plus production are:
Silvio Orlando, a regular in Nanni Moretti movies, set for the role of Cardinal Voiello, the Secretary of State; Scott Shepherd will play Cardinal Dussolier, from South America.
Cécile de France will play Sofia, who is in charge of marketing in the Vatican City; while Javier Cámara is set to play Cardinal Gutierrez, the Master of Ceremonies of the Vatican City. Ludivine Sagnier (pictured) will play Esther, the wife of a Swiss guard, and Italian theatre actor Toni Bertorelli has been cast as Cardinal Caltanissetta. James Cromwell will play Cardinal Michael Spencer, Lenny?s mentor.