The Con's Back On!

Hustle star Adrian Lester on playing another shady character in a lavish new crime thriller

 

- Rebecca Mahoney

Adrian Lester is known for playing the ultimate conman, Mickey ‘Bricks’ Stone, in BBC1’s crime drama Hustle. But after steering away from similar roles over the past five years, he’s excited to be back fooling the rich, famous and dangerous in brand-new crime thriller Riviera on Sky Atlantic this week.

Created by Neil Jordan, director of the Oscar-winning 1992 film The Crying Game, the 10-part drama is set on the French Riviera and sees Adrian play art dealer Robert Carver, who helps his friend Georgina (Hollywood star Julia Stiles) when her billionaire husband Constantine is killed in an explosion on a yacht.