{"id":18594,"date":"2021-03-18T17:09:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T22:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=18594"},"modified":"2021-03-18T17:09:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T22:09:48","slug":"new-amazon-prime-video-is-set-to-film-in-scotland-on-an-oil-rig-off-the-scottish-coast-for-the-rig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/18\/new-amazon-prime-video-is-set-to-film-in-scotland-on-an-oil-rig-off-the-scottish-coast-for-the-rig\/","title":{"rendered":"New Amazon Prime Video is Set to Film in Scotland on an Oil Rig off the Scottish Coast for &#8220;The Rig&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18595\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Oil_platform_in_the_North_Sea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Oil_platform_in_the_North_Sea.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Oil_platform_in_the_North_Sea-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>Amazon Prime Video has unveiled casting on the highly-anticipated UK Amazon Original series <strong><em>The Rig<\/em><\/strong>, a six-part epic thriller produced by Wild Mercury Productions (part of Banijay UK), created by David Macpherson and directed by John Strickland (<em>Line of Duty, Bodyguard<\/em>). The series is set to film exclusively in Scotland later this month on an oil rig and at FirstStage Studios in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Iain Glen (<em>Game of Thrones, Mrs Wilson<\/em>) plays Magnus MacMillan, Offshore Installation Manager of the rig and leader of the crew, Emily Hampshire (<em>Schitt&#8217;s Creek<\/em>) plays Rose Mason the scientist and oil company rep, a fresh face on-board the rig.<\/p><div id=\"morty-400904240\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Martin Compston (<em>Line of Duty, Traces<\/em>) plays Communications Officer Fulmer Hamilton. Rochenda Sandall (<em>Criminal: UK, Small Axe<\/em>) plays Medic Cat Braithwaite. Owen Teale (<em>Game of Thrones, A Discovery of Witches<\/em>) is Head Driller Lars Hutton. Richard Pepple (<em>Bridgerton, Cobra<\/em>) is crew boss Grant Dunlin and Mark Bonnar (<em>Guilt, Quiz<\/em>) is Deck Foreman Alwyn Evans.<\/p>\n<p>Calvin Demba (Life, Last Christmas) plays Drill Hand Baz Roberts, Emun Elliott (<em>Guilt<\/em>) is rig mechanic Leck Longman. Abraham Popoola (<em>Cruella<\/em>) is rig crane driver Easter Ayodeji, Stuart McQuarrie (<em>Des<\/em>) is Head Chef Colin Murchison and Molly Vevers (<em>The Spanish Princess<\/em>) plays roustabout Heather Shaw.<\/p>\n<p>Magnus and his crew aboard the Kinloch Bravo oil rig are stationed off the Scottish coast in the dangerous waters of the North Sea. When they are due to be collected and return to the mainland a mysterious and all-enveloping fog rolls through. 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