Danger Mouse: Lena Headey and John Oliver Join TV Reboot
Danger! Last Week Tonight host John Oliver and Game of Thrones star Lena Headley have joined the all-action Danger Mouse reboot.
Lena Headey will play US Secret Agent Jeopardy Mouse, “a super-proficient American, female version of Danger Mouse” who has been described as “the unseen star of the US Secret Service" who completes her missions “with the minimum of fuss.”
Headey said: “I wanted to do [Danger Mouse] because it was pure nostalgia for me. I have children now and it’s just a treat to be involved in something that you loved as a kid and be able to share it. Those moments as an actor that come along once in while are not to be missed.”
Oliver will be playing 'mad scientist wolf' Dr Augustus P Crumhorn III which is either perfect casting or he named the character himself.
Speaking of the role, Oliver said: “I’ve loved Danger Mouse my whole life. Danger Mouse was a significant part of my childhood. So to get a chance to do it is like getting a chance to step into your childhood, which is both a magical and a potentially hazardous thing! It will be awesome, I can’t wait to see it, let alone hear myself in it!”
Staring Alexander Armstrong as the titular mouse, Kevin Eldon as his bumbling sidekick Penfold, Dave Lamb as the narrator and Shauna MacDonald as Professor Squawkencluck Danger Mouse springs into action this autumn on CBBC.