Deep Cover: cast, plot, interview and everything you need to know

Deep Cover is a British comedy thriller on Prime Video with Hollywood star Bryce Dallas Howard (above) among the stars.
Deep Cover is a British comedy thriller on Prime Video with Hollywood star Bryce Dallas Howard (above) among the stars. (Image credit: Getty Images)

Deep Cover is an action comedy movie about three actors who accidentally become drawn into London’s criminal underworld. It follows these improv stars who are brought in to help with low-level police stings, but their reluctance to break character gets them into deep trouble. 

This movie has a seriously impressive cast, including Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Nick Mohammed and Ian McShane.

 Here’s everything you need to know about Deep Cover on Prime Video…

Deep Cover release date

Deep Cover will premiere on Prime Video in later 2024 or early 2025. There’s no release date at present but we will let you know when that changes.

Deep Cover plot

Deep Cover follows three improv actors hired by the police to help them catch minor criminals. But the actors’ instinct to say ‘yes’ to everything and to remain true to their characters at all times sees them become tangled up in London’s criminal scene. 

Deep Cover cast 

Deep Cover has a great cast including Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World), The Lord of the Rings star Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean (Time, Game of Thrones), Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso) and Ian McShane (John Wick). House of the Dragon’s Paddy Considine and Sonoya Mizuno round out the cast. 

Sean Bean in Time.

Sean Bean as a prisoner in BBC1 drama Time. (Image credit: BBC)

Bryce Dallas Howard interview on her role in Deep Cover

At a recent London event for Prime Video, Bryce Dallas Howard discussed her role in Deep Cover...

Bryce Dallas Howard says: "This was sort of a no brainer for me. It was such a fantastic script. Deep Cover is it's a British action comedy and I'm the lone American in it, not pretending to be British. I get to use my own accent. That's a terrifying thing. I've been that alone American with a bunch of Brits 

"Basically, I play a improv comedian who is kind of down on her luck and and she's also a teacher. The she gets recruited to be a part of low level state operations for the cops. And she can bring two of her students into the mission, and is forced to bring two of her worst students, played by Orlando Bloom and Nick Mohammad. One is a guy who's taking improv lessons because he wants to have confidence in his work, and so she goes all these slick operations with them. And they get into a lot a lot of trouble with these criminals, because they keep saying the wrong things. 

"It's an absolute blast, and there's so so much energy. It's 99 minutes and is just one of those movies that kind of has everything you want. You end up feeling really satisfied. You know, it's good to be in a comedy. It's healthy."

Is there a trailer for Deep Cover? 

Not yet but when Prime Video releases a Deep Cover trailer, we’ll put it up on this page. 

Behind the scenes and more on Deep Cover

Deep Cover is a movie based on an original script by Derek Connolly & Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic WorldSafety Not Guaranteedwith British improv duo Ben Ashenden & Alexander Owen setting the script in London. It's produced by Trevorrow via his Metronome Film Co. alongside Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald (Men In Black, Galaxy Quest). Annys Hamilton will co-produce. Tom Kingsley, known for comedy series Stath Lets Flats, will direct.

“We’re delighted to be bringing this new action comedy to our customers," explains Tushar Jindal, Head of Content, UK for Prime Video. “With an incredible cast, a top-class creative team, and a fantastic script we know it’s going to be a hit.”

Nicholas Cannon
TV Content Director on TV Times, What's On TV and TV & Satellite Week

I'm a huge fan of television so I really have found the perfect job, as I've been writing about TV shows, films and interviewing major television, film and sports stars for over 25 years. I'm currently TV Content Director on What's On TV, TV Times, TV and Satellite Week magazines plus Whattowatch.com. I previously worked on Woman and Woman's Own in the 1990s. Outside of work I swim every morning, support Charlton Athletic football club and get nostalgic about TV shows Cagney & Lacey, I Claudius, Dallas and Tenko. I'm totally on top of everything good coming up too.