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Sherlock stars reunited in Hollow Crown

Scott - Will play King Louis in Henry VI and Richard III on BBC Two
Scott - Will play King Louis in Henry VI and Richard III on BBC Two

Dublin actor Andrew Scott will be reunited with his former Sherlock co-star Benedict Cumberbatch in BBC Two's upcoming The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses.

Scott will play King Louis in Shakespeare's Henry VI and Richard III, with Cumberbatch playing Richard III. 

Also joining The Hollow Crown are two other Irish actors, Michael Gambon as Mortimer and Adrian Dunbar as Plantagenet.

The cast also includes Hugh Bonneville, Ben Daniels, Judi Dench, Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Sally Hawkins, Sophie Okonedo and Tom Sturridge.

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