Tobias Menzies, who is fresh off jetsetting across the world in F1, will join Ayo Edebiri in Apple TV+'s Prodigies. Also joining the series are Nabhaan Rizwan, Meera Syal, Lolly Adefope, Andrene Ward-Hammond, and Sophia Di Martino, who is known for playing Sylvie in Marvel's Loki.
The series is created and written by Will Sharpe, who will lead the series along with Edebiri. Sharpe, who earned an Emmy nomination for his performance in HBO's The White Lotus, will star as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, in the upcoming miniseries, Amadeus.
Prodigies is centered around child prodigies Didi and Ren, who are in a relationship since they were children. They start to question if their existence, in a very average life, is really reaching the benchmark set for them. Consequentially, they continue to question themselves with the same questions they asked themselves when they were kids.
Sharpe also serves as an executive producer alongside Edebiri, Jane Featherstone, Naomi De Pear, and Katie Carpenter. SISTER is the banner behind the series.
Menzies was recently seen alongside Brad Pitt in F1. He played Peter Banning, a board member with cunning motives. Rizwaan has appeared in Sam Mendes' 1917 and HBO's Industry. Syal has portrayed roles in Doctor Strange and Broadchurch. Adefope is a comedian who has apppeared in Mission Impossible: Fallout and Black Mirror.
