John Malkovich joins Will Sharpe and Ayo Edebiri in Apple TV+ romcom series ‘Prodigies’

John Malkovich
In April, Apple TV+ announced the new seven-episode comedy “Prodigies,” starring BAFTA and SAG Award winner Will Sharpe (“The White Lotus,” “A Real Pain”) and Emmy and SAG Award winner Ayo Edebiri (“The Bear,” “After the Hunt”). Now, Variety reports that none other than John Malkovich has joined the cast.
The series is created, written and directed by Sharpe and produced by the Emmy Award and BAFTA Award-winning SISTER. Edebiri will also serve as an executive producer on the series.
This unusual take on a classic romantic comedy explores the universal complexities of long-term relationships through the lens of a very unique couple. Didi (Edebiri) and Ren (Sharpe) are two ex-child prodigies who have been together since they were children. Now in their early 30s, they are starting to question whether their very ordinary existence is living up to the extraordinary promise of their childhood. Inevitably, they find themselves asking the same questions of their relationship. As individual hopes and needs feed into and conflict with their shared lives, the series challenges the fallacy at the heart of romantic storytelling — that the tale is over when the heroes get together. In life, surely, that is just the beginning?
Selome Hailu for Variety:
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John Malkovich has been added to the cast of Apple TV+‘s upcoming rom-com series “Prodigies” as a guest star.
Details about Malkovich’s character have not yet been announced.
The project reunites Malkovich with Edebiri, as the two worked together on Mark Anthony Green’s 2025 thriller film “Opus.” This will also mark Malkovich’s second series on Apple TV+, as he previously starred as Lucien Lelong in “The New Look,” the streamer’s biographical drama about Christian Dior (Ben Mendelsohn) and Coco Chanel (Juliette Binoche).
As well as Edebiri and Sharpe, Malkovich joins previously announced cast members Andrene Ward-Hammond, Yumi Asō, Tobias Menzies, Rina Sawayama, Sophia Di Martino, Reece Shearsmith, Nabhaan Rizwan, Meera Syal and Lolly Adefope.

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MacDailyNews Note: “Prodigies” is created and written by Sharpe, who also serves as an executive producer alongside Edebiri and award-winning executive producers Jane Featherstone (“Black Doves,” “Giri/Haji”), Naomi De Pear (“This Is Going to Hurt,” “Flowers”) and Katie Carpenter (“Landscapers,” “Flowers”) for SISTER.
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