Nicholas Hoult Joins BBC Netflix Mini-Series 'Watership Down'

Nicholas Hoult wears a branded Rebel In The Rye ball cap while heading to the set in New York City on Friday (May 6).

The 26-year-old actor met up to work on scenes with co-star Kevin Spacey before shooting.

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It was also just announced that Nicholas would lend his voice to the new animated version of Watership Down, alongside James McAvoy, Ben Kingsley and John Boyega, among others.

Set in England’s Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, Watership Down is a “stirring tale of adventure, courage, and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.”