Genius

Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.

History Drama

Colin Firth

(Max Perkins)

Jude Law

(Thomas Wolfe)

Nicole Kidman

(Aline Bernstein)

Laura Linney

(Louise Saunders)

Guy Pearce

(F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Dominic West

(Ernest Hemingway)

Vanessa Kirby

(Zelda Fitzgerald)

Demetri Goritsas

(John Wheelock)

Harry Attwell

(Assistant Editor)

Angela Ashton

(Bertha Perkins)

Eve Bracken

(Zippy Perkins)

Gillian Hanna

(Julia Wolfe)

Corey Johnson

(John Wheelock)

Miquel Brown

(Eleanor, Perkins' Maid)

Rosy Benjamin

(Scribner's Staff)

Elaine Caulfield

(Mabel Wolfe)

Richard Dempsey

(Director)

Katya Watson

(Jane Perkins)

Lorna Doherty

(Peggy Perkins)

Makenna McBrierty

(Nancy Perkins)

Lucy Briers

(Miss Wyckoff)

Ray Strasser King

(James, Mailroom Clerk)

David Altaner

(Scribner's Staff)

Charles Dinsdale

(Scribner's Staff)

Erick Hayden

(Scribner's Staff)

Kenneth Hazeldine

(Scribner's Staff)

Oliver King

(Scribner's Staff)

Alex Large

(Scribner's Staff)

Charlotte Longfield

(Scribner's Staff)

Nick Mercer

(Scribner's Staff)

Kim Rosenfeld

(Scribner's Staff)

James Wallace

(Scribner's Staff)

Katherine Kingsley

(Purring Woman)

Richard Clark

(Guest at Purring Woman's Table)

Stella McCabe

(Guest at Purring Woman's Table)

Christopher Oram

(Guest at Purring Woman's Table)

Mike Vessey

(Guest at Purring Woman's Table)

Maddie Rice

(Actress)

Ian Drysdale

(Actor)

Alistair Sanderson

(Lighting Technician)

Alexander Scrivens

(Lighting Technician)

Cassandra Nina

(Woman at Bar)

Pamela Okoroafor

(Woman at Bar)

Kenji Fenton

(Band)

Neville Malcolm

(Band)

Winston Rollins

(Band)

Chris Storr

(Band)

Frank Tontoh

(Band)

Jamal Crawford

(Dancer)

Kemi Durosinmi

(Dancer)

Jo Dyce

(Dancer)

Kevin Ketti

(Dancer)

Lesley Mutombo-Agbepa

(Dancer)

Joshua Robinson

(Dancer)

Andrew Byron

(Grand Central Station Conductor)

Jane Perry

(John Hopkins Hospital Nurse)

James Bierman

(Funeral Minister)

Trina Dillon

(Effie Wolfe)

Gary Thomsett

(Frank Wolfe)

Mark Phillimore

(Frederick Wolfe)