"The
Crown" vet Erin Doherty -- who played Princess Anne in Seasons 3 and 4
-- joined the cast of the Disney+ period drama series "A Thousand Blows."
The 12-part series centers on illegal boxing in Victorian London, and
comes from "Peaky Blinders" vets Stephen Knight and Stephen Graham.
- Knight created the series and served as the lead writer, while Graham executive produces and stars.
- Malachi
Kirby and Francis Lovehall co-star as friends from Jamaica who find
themselves in London's East End in the 1880s, and become drawn into the
thriving underground boxing scene; Doherty will play the leader of a
notorious all-female gang.
- Production on the series in now underway in London.
- The show is being produced for Disney+ internationally but will likely stream on Hulu in the US.
