Rufus Sewell (“Old,” “The Man in the High Castle”) will play the husband of Keri Russell’s overwhelmed title character in “The Diplomat,” Netflix confirmed to TheWrap on Friday.
The eight-episode series from “West Wing” and “Homeland” producer Debora Cahn is about Kate Wyler, a career diplomat with a new high-profile job who finds herself in over her head during an international crisis. Sewell will play her husband, Hal.
Also joining the cast as a series regular is Ali Ahn (“Raising Dion”), who’ll play a character named Eidra Graham.
Netflix also announced that Simon Cellan Jones (“Arthur the King,” “Years and Years”) will direct and executive produce the first two episodes.