'The Dovekeepers' Spoilers: First Look of Sam Neill On Set With 'Morning Coffee And Croissants' [PHOTO]
Sam Neill was photographed on the set of The Dovekeepers for the first time dressed in a toga-like outfit and eating desserts.
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Executive producer Roma Downey shared the photo of 67-year-old via Instagram on Friday.
"Morning coffee and croissants on The Dovekeepers set ! #samneil #thedovekeepers," she wrote as the caption.
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The Peaky Blinders actor joined the CBS miniseries in October. The veteran actor will portray the Romano-Jewish scholar, who is also quite a controversial historian. His character will be seen conducting interviews with the adult survivors of the Siege of Masada, an important event in Jewish history.
A photo posted by Roma Downey (@romadowney) on Nov 11, 2014 at 6:40am PST
"We are delighted to have the incredibly talented Sam Neill, an actor whose breadth of experience will bring such depth and vision to the role of Josephus," Downey said in a statement. "Sam is a wonderfully exciting choice to bring Josephus to life in this gripping story of Masada."
Neill joins former NCIS star Cote de Pablo, who will star as Shirah, a "sensual, mysterious and fiercely independent single mother with uncanny insights and a quiet and mysterious power," according to CBS. Other actors on the show include Rachel Brosnahan, Diego Boneta and Jonas Armstrong.
The upcoming miniseries is based on Alice Hoffman's 2011 historical novel of the same name, which details the true story of 900 Jewish people who the Romans forced to evacuate to Masada. The show will focus on four women who fight to survive and will premiere in 2015.
