Who’s in Netflix’s Snowpiercer cast for season one?

UK fans of the show Snowpiercer are in for a treat as the show will be released on Netflix on Monday May 25.

The dystopian sci-fi thriller is based on the 2013 film, from Korean director Bong Joon-ho, and 1982 French graphic novel, Le Transperceneige.

Snowpiercer was developed by Avatar 2 and Terminator: Dark Fate co-writer Josh Freidman

The plot of Snowpiercer, which is set on a perpetually moving train that holds the survivors of a second ice age, sees characters of Layton Well and Melanie Cavill central to the plot.

The show is set seven years after the events of the 2013 film, which ended in a major act of back-end sedition with the derailment of the train by way of an explosion-triggered avalanche.

Snowpiercer was developed by Avatar 2 and Terminator: Dark Fate co-writer Josh Freidman and questions class warfare, social injustice, and the politics of survival in a new dystopian world.

Who is in the cast of Snowpiercer?

Daveed Diggs as Layton Well

Daveed Diggs plays quiet prisoner Kayton Well, who is barely surviving the harsh conditions in the tail end of the train.

He is a rapper in experimental hip-hop group Clipping, and won a Grammy Award and Tony Award for his portayal of Thomas Jefferson in Broadway musical Hamilton.

Since leaving the musical in 2016, he has had a recurring role on the television series Black-ish, and co-starred in the film Wonder.

Jennifer Connelly as Melanie Cavill

Jennifer Connelly takes the lead female role of Melanie Cavill, a first class passenger and the Voice of the Train, who makes the PA system’s daily announcements.

Jennifer made her film acting debut in Sergio Leone’s 1984 gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America and has starred in films such as Requiem for a Dream, A Beautiful Mind and Hulk.

Mickey Sumner as Bess Till

Mickey Sumner is the daughter of the musician Sting

Brit actor Mickey Sumner, the daughter of Sting and Trudie Styler, will play emphatic and savvy brakeman Bess Till, a key part of the train’s security force.

Sumner has had recurring roles on AMC’s series Low Winter Sun, and on Showtime’s series The Borgias.

Annalise Basso as LJ Anderson

Basso will play LJ Anderson, a quiet, diligent, Midwestern girl who lives with her parents in a fourth-class cabin and works in the greenhouse car.

Poor but not as desperate as those that live in the tail of the train, LJ has made peace with her daily routine until a major event shakes up her world.

Other cast members include:

Alison Wright

Alison Wright plays careful and quiet, but pragmatic and independent thinker Lilah Anderson who must come to realize her own strength.

Benjamin Haigh

Benjamin Haigh plays Fergus McConnell, an impoverished passenger who lives in the back of the train and does his best to contribute to the daily struggles of life in this poorest section of the train.