MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. has new HUSTLE

By News Editor     January 13, 2006
Source: AMC and Associated Press

AMC will start airing the UK series HUSTLE on Saturday nights at 10pm. The series stars Robert Vaughn, Adrian Lester, Marc Warren, Robert Glenister and Jaime Murray. The program is already popular on the BBC, where it premiered in 2003. (This year it will start its third season in the U.K.)

Vaughn recently told the Associated Press that HUSTLE was already in production when he got the call at his Connecticut home that he was chosen to be Stroller. He was on the set two days later, which didn't give him much time to prepare for his character. Out necessity, he drew inspiration from his work on THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., which ran on NBC from 1964 to 1968. (Vaughn's co-star was David McCallum.)

Vaughn said, "I imagined that Napoleon Solo had retired from U.N.C.L.E. whatever U.N.C.L.E. was. What could he do now to use his talents and to supplement his government pension? I imagined Stroller as Napoleon Solo, The Later Years. That's basically who I'm playing."

HUSTLE follows the exploits of a group of London-based con artists who pull off daringly intricate stings to swindle money from "respectable" but despicably greedy marks. With plenty of suspense, style and humor, an occasional touch of romance, and always a series of unforeseen twists, each episode takes the viewer deeper into the hidden world of scammers and grifters to reveal the personalities and perverse artistry of the high-end confidence game.

AMC states, "during each episode, you'll delve into a world in which no one is what he or she seems - from bank managers to bellhops, cocktail waitress to CEO's - and everyone is working an angle."

Click here to visit AMC's offical site for the show.

Click here to visit the BBC's site.