Harlan Coben’s RUN AWAY cast announced for Netflix
Adapted from the novel by Harlan Coben, who will serve as executive producer through his company, Final Twist Productions. Danny Brocklehurst is the lead writer and serves as executive producer. Run Away is produced by Quay Street Productions (part of ITV Studios).
CASTING NEWS
● James Nesbitt (The Missing, Cold Feet) – Simon Greene
● Ruth Jones (Gavin & Stacey, Stella) – Elena Ravenscroft
● Minnie Driver (The Serpent Queen, Good Will Hunting) – Ingrid Greene
● Alfred Enoch (The Couple Next Door, The Critic) – Isaac Fagbenle
● Lucian Msamati (Conclave, Gangs Of London) – Cornelius Faber
● Jon Pointing (Big Boys, Sweetpea) – Ash
● Ellie de Lange (Wolf Hall, The Serpent) - Paige Greene
● Adrian Greensmith (Harlan Coben’s Shelter, Metal Lords) - Sam Greene
● Ellie Henry (Hollyoaks) - Anya Greene
● Tracy-Ann Oberman (Friday Night Dinner, Toast Of London) – Jessica Kinberg
● Annette Badland (Ted Lasso, Midsomer Murders) - Lou
● Ingrid Oliver (The Thursday Murder Club, Sweetpea) - Yvonne
● Maeve Courtier-Lilley (Gran Turismo, The Red King) - Dee Dee
● Finty Williams (The A List, Six Minutes To Midnight) - Enid Corval
● Joe McGann (Kaos, Vera) - Wiley Corval
● Amy Gledhill - (Big Mood, Starstruck) - Ruby Todd
ABOUT RUN AWAY
Simon had the perfect life: loving wife and kids, great job, beautiful home. But then his eldest daughter Paige ran away and everything fell apart. So now when he finds her, vulnerable and strung out on drugs in a city park, he finally has the chance to bring his little girl home. But it turns out she’s not alone, and an argument escalates into shocking violence. In the aftermath, Simon loses his daughter all over again, and his search to find her will take him into a dangerous underworld, revealing deep secrets that could tear his family apart forever.
In keeping with previous Harlan Coben adaptations, Run Away will relocate the story from the US to the UK. Filming will commence around Manchester and the North West of England this month.
Cast: James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver, Alfred Enoch, Lucian Msamati, Jon Pointing, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Annette Badland, Maeve Courtier-Lilley, Ellie de Lange, Adrian Greensmith, Ellie Henry, Ingrid Oliver, Finty Williams, Joe McGann, Amy Gledehill and more
Production Company: Quay Street Productions (Fool Me Once, Missing You)
Creator: Harlan Coben
Lead Writer: Danny Brocklehurst (Fool Me Once, Brassic, Ten Pound Poms, Shameless)
Executive Producers: Harlan Coben, Nicola Shindler, Richard Fee, Danny Brocklehurst
Series Producer: Guy Hescott (Without Sin, Missing you)
Producer: Will McDonagh (Significant Other)
Associate Producer: Charlotte Coben (Dead Hot, Fool Me Once)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER QUOTES:
Harlan Coben:
"Jimmy Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Alfred Enoch, Lucian Msamati and Minnie Driver - the cast is an embarrassment of riches. I can't wait to start filming.
Danny Brocklehurst:
“It's an enormous pleasure to be reteaming with Netflix, Harlan and the amazing Quay Street Productions team to produce another twisty thriller. Fool Me Once's phenomenal success has set a high bar but with Run Away's emotionally universal storyline and great cast, hopefully we can give audiences another fantastic ride”.
Executive Producers for Quay Street Productions, Nicola Shindler and Richard Fee:
"We're thrilled to be working with such a magnificent group of actors and the brilliant Danny Brocklehurst to bring this gripping Harlan Coben story to life. "
Run Away is one of 13 titles from bestselling author Harlan Coben produced for Netflix. Coben continues his work with local screenwriters from around the world to bring his novels to life on screen, so far across four languages. Harlan Coben titles currently available to stream on Netflix include: Missing You, Fool Me Once, Gone For Good, The Stranger, Stay Close, The Innocent, Hold Tight, The Woods, Safe. Harlan Coben titles announced: Run Away, Caught, Just One Look, I Will Find You. Run Away follows 2025’s hugely successful limited thriller series Missing You, by Quay Street Productions, which starred Rosalind Eleazar, Richard Armitage, Steve Pemberton, Jessica Plummer and Ashley Walters, and 2024’s Fool Me Once, which starred Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage and Joanna Lumley, and joined Netflix’s chart of its Top 10 most popular English-language shows of all time, with over 94 million views since launch in January.