The cast and creative team of Frank and Percy arrived at the BFI London Film Festival for the film’s world premiere.
Golden Globe and Tony Award winner, six-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and Academy Award® nominee Ian McKellen (The Christophers, Gods and Monsters, Lord of the Rings) stars alongside three-time Laurence Olivier Award winner Roger Allam (The Queen, The Choral, Endeavour) in Frank and Percy – a tender, uplifting story of love, friendship and the courage to embrace new beginnings at any stage of life.
Co-produced and financed by John Gore Studios and BK Studios, the film is adapted by award-winning screenwriter Martin Sherman (Mrs. Henderson Presents, Bent) from the West End hit play by Ben Weatherill. McKellen and Allam reprise their roles in this big screen adaptation, with the magic and intimacy of the play captured through a cinematic approach to storytelling by internationally acclaimed film and theatre director Sean Mathias (The Lost Language of Cranes, Hamlet and the award-winning Bent).
Set in and around London’s sumptuous Hampstead Heath, this uplifting story is brought to life with a stellar supporting cast including Golden Globe and BAFTA nominee Stephen Fry (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Gosford Park), Golden Globe, Emmy and BAFTA winner Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer, Sunny Dancer), BAFTA winner Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous, Amandaland), Tony, Emmy and BAFTA winner Derek Jacobi (Murder on the Orient Express, Gladiator), BAFTA winner Siân Phillips (Summerland, Dune), Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who, Sex Education), Hugh Skinner (Wicked Little Letters, Fleabag) and Rob Brydon (The Trip, Gavin & Stacey).
Frank and Percy is a heart-warming, hopeful and humorous tale, inviting audiences of all ages to take a chance on love.
Coming soon to UK cinemas.
