‘House of the Dragon’ star Emma Darcy drops out of ‘Anna’ due to scheduling conflicts

Emma Darcy has stepped down from Anna, a fact-based drama about heroic Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

according to deadline, the “House of the Dragon” star was forced to finish the project at the eleventh hour due to scheduling conflicts. Dassey was to play Vera Politkovskaya, the daughter of Politkovskaya, played by Maxine Peake.

As a result, Naomi Battrick (“Postcard Killing”) was cast for the role.

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“deadline Buttrick replaced Darcy a few weeks ago in a movie titled ‘Mother Russia’ and understands that Darcy left the project due to scheduling conflicts.” deadlineadded that principal photography began a few weeks ago.

“Anna” stars Ciarán Hinds (“Belfast”), Jason Isaacs (“Harry Potter” series), Harry Rorty (“Industry”), Ellie Bamber (“Willow”), journalist It tells her story of being a human rights activist. She was killed after reporting on the war in Chechnya critical of Vladimir Putin.

Isaacs will play Politkovskaya’s husband Sasha, Hines will play Nobel Prize-winning newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov, Bamber will play intern and protégé Elena, and Lorty will play Anna’s son Ilya.