Succession star Nicholas Braun trades boardrooms for baa-rmy chaos in The Sheep Detectives! In this exclusive interview, the American actor explains how he went about adopting a rare and difficult British accent and hilariously struggling to describe the film, which somehow blends a family-friendly adventure with a whodunit murder mystery. Explaining The Sheep Detectives might be harder than solving the mystery itself.
The Sheep Detectives lands in movie theaters on May 8. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Braun, Nicholas Galitzine, Hong Chau and Emma Thompson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Chris O’Dowd, Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart, Bella Ramsey, and Brett Goldstein.
More about THE SHEEP DETECTIVES
In this witty, new breed of mystery, George (Hugh Jackman) is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can’t possibly understand. But when a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, the sheep realize they must become the detectives. As they follow the clues and investigate human suspects, they prove that even sheep can be brilliant crime-solvers.
Directed by: Kyle Balda
Screenplay by: Craig Mazin
Screen Story by: Craig Mazin
Based on the novel by: “Three Bags Full” by Leonie Swann
Produced by: Lindsay Doran, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Executive Producers: Tyson Hesse, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Sarah-Jane Wright, Amelia Granger, Aditya Sood, Tim Wellspring
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Braun, Nicholas Galitzine, Molly Gordon with Hong Chau and Emma Thompson
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Chris O’Dowd, Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart, Bella Ramsey, Brett Goldstein
Genre: Family, Mystery, Comedy
Rating: PG for thematic material, some violent content and brief language
