WILLIAM TELL -CATCHING UP WITH STARS CLAES BANG, JONAH HAUER-KING & DIRECTOR NICK HAMM

There’s a new action-packed re-telling about the legend of William Tell coming to digital platforms to own or rent on Friday, April 25th.

Inspired by the legendary tale, Claes Bang takes on the role of William Tell, a noble huntsman whose peaceful life is shattered when the ruthless Austrian Empire invades his homeland of Switzerland. Unwilling to bend the knee before his country's oppressors, William Tell is thrust into a perilous trial, one that draws him and his family into the epicenter of a revolution that will shape the destiny of his nation.

Written and directed by Nick Hamm, WILLIAM TELL stars Claes Bang (The Square, Dracula), Connor Swindells (Barbie, Sex Education, Emma), Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson, Extraction), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid, The Tattooist of Auschwitz), Ellie Bamber (Moss & Freud, Nocturnal Animals), Rafe Spall (Life of Pi, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, The Big Short) and Emily Beecham (The Interpreter, Little Joe), with Academy-Award winner Ben Kingsley and Academy-Award nominee Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes, Game of Thrones, The Age of Innocence, The Wife). 

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Nick Hamm is a BAFTA-award winning director who began his career as resident director for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has directed highly successful feature films for Miramax, Film 4, Pathé and Lionsgate. His track records include Driven, which was selected as the closing film at the Venice Film Festival, Netflix’s White Lines and The Journey which premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. The film is produced by Piers Tempest (The Wife, Emily) and Marie-Christine Jaeger-Firmenich (Gigi & Nate).

"Nick did an amazing job with this historical epic, we're incredibly excited to bring this legendary story to the big screen" said SGF president Peter Goldwyn.
 
"Samuel Goldwyn Films are passionate about our medieval resistance epic and, given their strong track record with bringing European films to audiences in North America, we are thrilled to be working with them," notes producers Piers Tempest and Marie-Christine Jaeger-Firmenich. 

I spoke with stars CLAES BANG, JONAH HAUER-KING & DIRECTOR NICH HAMM about the film.