Drew Starkey, known for portraying Rafe Cameron in the Netflix series Outer Banks, has joined Apple TV+‘s limited series Lucky. Jonathan Tropper (Banshee, Warrior) created the series as an adaptation of the namesake bestselling novel by Marissa Stapley. Reese Witherspoon serves as an executive producer on the show.
Outer Banks star Drew Starkey cast in Apple TV+’s Lucky series
The Apple TV+ limited drama series Lucky has added Drew Starkey to an impressive cast that also includes Anya Taylor-Joy (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga), Annette Bening (Apples Never Fall), Timothy Olyphant (Justified: City Primeval), and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (The Deliverance). Starkey will portray Cary, the husband of Taylor-Joy’s series protagonist. Taylor-Joy and co-showrunners Tropper and Cassie Pappas (Silo) will executive produce as well (via Deadline).
According to the log line, the plot revolves around a young woman (Taylor-Joy), who quit her life of crime but must face demons from her past for one final time.
Lucky is the latest project on which Apple TV+ and Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine have collaborated after The Morning Show and Surface. “We couldn’t be more excited to partner with Apple TV+ and the incomparable Anya Taylor-Joy, plus our brilliant creator Jonathan Tropper and his wonderful co-showrunner Cassie Pappas, to bring this compelling series — based on Marissa Stapley’s fantastic novel — to audiences around the world,” Witherspoon said in 2024 (via Apple TV+ Press).
Aside from Outer Banks and Queer, Starkey has appeared in Love, Simon; The Hate U Give; The Devil All the Time; Scream: Resurrection; and The Terminal List. The 31-year-old actor received widespread critical acclaim for his performance in Luca Guadagnino’s Queer. Starkey’s Cary will be a major recurring character in Lucky.
Originally reported by Tamal Kundu on ComingSoon.
