Hardy, who will be playing Ricky Tarr in the British spy film, is joining a real dynamite cast here. Opposite him as the central character will be Gary Oldman (THE DARK KNIGHT) as retired agent George Smiley, and accompanying them will be Ciaran Hinds (MUNICH), Jared Harris (“Mad Men”), Colin Firth (A SINGLE MAN), and Benedict Cumberatch (ATONEMENT) as British operatives.
The film, adapted by the very talented Peter Morgan (FROST/NIXON, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND) with help from the novel’s creator John le Carré, follows retired intelligence agent George Smiley (Oldman) who’s called back to service when a high-ranking member of MI6 is suspected of being a Soviet mole.
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLIDER, SPY begins shooting this month in the UK.