The Children Act

Court judge, Fiona Maye, is ruling on a case of a gravely ill teenage boy who is refusing a blood transfusion as it’s against his religious beliefs. While Fiona faces a difficult time at work, things start to worsen at home.

Director Richard Eyre

Cast Fionn Whitehead, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci

Production Company BBC Films

Year 2018

Filming location(s) Pinewood Studios, London

Casting Legal Types for Courtroom Dramas

Uni-versal Extras supplied extras and supporting artists for The Children Act feature film.

The Children Act marks the second Ian McEwan novel Uni-versalExtras have worked on this year and the second film starring Emma Thompson and Stanley Tucci (the first being Beauty and the Beast). As well as supplying extras, we also provided some specialist roles including a Soprano Singer, Pianist, a String Quartet, the wives of Sherwood Runcie and Mark Berner and some Hand Doubles.