Andrea Riseborough Joins Jeremy Strong in Paramount+ Drama ‘9/12’
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Andrea Riseborough has joined the cast of the Paramount+ limited series "9/12", starring opposite Jeremy Strong. The six-episode drama dramatises the David-and-Goliath legal battle that exposed corruption and secured justice for the ailing first responders of the 11 September 2001 attacks, a fight the series frames as reshaping the struggle for accountability.
Riseborough, an Oscar nominee for "To Leslie", plays Molly, a resilient wife worried about her family's future and the health of her husband, a former NYPD officer nicknamed Coach who is suffering from leukaemia and played by Barry Pepper. Strong ("Succession", "The Apprentice") portrays renowned class action attorney Jason Smith, who took on entrenched institutions in a legal war stretching nearly a decade to win almost $1 billion in compensation. The series is written and executive produced by Tobias Lindholm — who also directs — and Frank Pugliese, with Strong also serving as an executive producer.
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Andrea Riseborough has signed on to star alongside Jeremy Strong in "9/12", a new six-episode drama series being made for Paramount+. The show is a dramatisation of a real legal case: the long fight by lawyers and campaigners to win compensation and accountability for first responders who fell ill after working at Ground Zero following the 11 September 2001 attacks.
Strong plays the attorney who led that legal battle, while Riseborough plays the wife of a former police officer suffering from leukaemia linked to his work at the site, played by Barry Pepper. Strong is known for his role in "Succession", and Riseborough received an Oscar nomination for "To Leslie"; the series is written and directed by Tobias Lindholm, with Frank Pugliese also writing.
The story matters because it revisits one of the lasting human costs of 9/11 that unfolded quietly for years after the attacks themselves, as responders developed serious illnesses and sought recognition and financial support through the courts.
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