Casting News: Sons of Liberty

Ryan Eggold

History has revealed the cast for Sons of Liberty, a six-part miniseries that will follow a defiant and radical group of young men — Sam Adams, John Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Joseph Warren included – as they band together in secrecy to spark a revolution and make America a nation.
Ben Barnes (Dorian Gray ), Henry Thomas (Betrayal) and Michael Raymond-James (Once Upon a Time) will play Sam Adams, John Adams and Revere, respectively, while Rafe Spall (The Shadow Line) and Ryan Eggold (The Blacklist) will fill the roles of Hancock and Warren.

Rafe Spall

Additionally, Marton Csokas (Klondike) will play Thomas Gage, the British general who is sent to handle the unrest in Boston, while Dean Norris (Under the Dome) has been cast as “the brilliant yet mischievous diplomat” Benjamin Franklin.

Ben Barnes