Georgia Flood joins Nautilus shoot in Qld

Georgia Flood (House Husbands, Anzac Girls, Wentworth) has joined UK series Nautilus, filming at Village Roadshow studios Queensland for Disney+.

The series, inspired by Julie Verne’s novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, stars Shazad Latif (Star Trek: Discovery) in the lead role.

Shooting at story, the series sees things from Captain Nemo’s point of view for the first time. Nemo is an Indian Prince who is removed from his home, family and birthright and taken prisoner by the East India Mercantile Company.

Flood will plauy a privileged upper class product of the British Empire whom the crew of the Nautilus take hostage, while Thierry Frémont (Allied) joins as Gustave Benoit, the submarine’s architect.

Also on board are as Nemo’s crew are Pacharo Mzembe as Boniface, a trader from Zanzibar; Arlo Green as Turan, a poet from the Middle East; Tyrone Ngatai as Kai, a Māori with a gentle heart; Ling Cooper Tang as Suyin, a mother separated from her children; Andrew Shaw as Jiacomo, a mysterious man who speaks a language no-one else can recognize; Ashan Kumar as Ranbir, an impressionable, young dreamer; Chum Ehelepola as Jagadish, a rabble-rouser; Céline Menville as Loti, Humility’s minder; and newcomer Kayden Price as Blaster, a young boy desperately looking for a family to be part of.

Meanwhile Damien Garvey (Jack Irish) will play Director Crawley, a member of the ruthless East India Mercantile Company, who want to seize Nemo’s amazing submarine.

Michael Matthews (Love and Monsters) is directing.

Source: Variety