Jonas Armstrong, Peter Wright join Paul Abbott contract killer drama

Jonas Armstrong and Peter Wright have joined Chloë Sevigny in the cast of Sky Atlantic's Hit And Miss.

Paul Abbott's transgender contract killer drama is one of the most hotly anticipated shows of 2012 and announced a number of new casting details today.

Hit And Miss is about Mia (Sevigny), a contract killer whose life is sent into a tailspin when she discovers that her ex-lover Wendy is dying of cancer and that together they fathered a child.

Peter Wright (Hot Fuzz, Another Year) will play Mia's handler in the criminal underworld. Newcomer Jorden Bennie will play Mia's 11-year-old son Ryan, while Wendy's other children will be played by Karla Crome, Reece Noi and Roma Christensen.

Former Robin Hood star Armstrong is cast as landscape gardener Ben, who falls for Mia, unaware of her transgender status.

Vincent Regan (300) will play womanising farmer John, who owns the smallholding where Mia and her new family live. Erin Shanagher (Coronation Street) and Jordan Hill (Shameless) will play his wife and son.

Ethan Griffin (Marchland), Steve Money (EastEnders) and Ben Crompton are also among the ensemble.

Hit And Miss will air on Sky Atlantic in 2012.

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