Jude Law & Andrew Garfield Cast as Siegfried & Roy in Apple TV Series

• Apple TV’s upcoming Siegfried and Roy series has cast Jude Law and Andrew Ridgefield in the title roles.
• No release date has been set. 

One of the wildest chapters in Las Vegas history is coming to your living room. Magicians Siegfried and Roy will be portrayed by Jude Law and Andrew Garfield in Apple TV’s upcoming series “Wild Things.”

Siegfried & Roy were among the most successful acts in Las Vegas history, rivaling the Rat Pack. Their 13-year run at the Mirage grossed more than half a billion dollars.

Per an official synopsis, the new series “tells the wild ride relationship tale of two of the greatest showman-magicians in history who, along with their white tigers, are tasked with turning Sin City into a family-friendly destination. The duo push the concept of illusion versus reality to the extreme, personally and professionally, until tragedy reframes and opens a mystery surrounding their last fateful Las Vegas show.”

Siegfroydian Rhapsody

Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn met aboard a cruise ship in 1957. Siegfried, working as a magician, enlisted Horn, who was a bellboy on the cruise, to assist him in his nightly act.

The decision led to a lifelong entertainment and romantic partnership. They performed in Las Vegas for some 40 years By 1990, the duo’s burgeoning popularity had earned them their own $30 million show in their own theater at the Mirage.

The curtain fell on the duo’s career on Oct. 3, 2003, when a handling error made by Horn — long covered up as a freak accident — provoked his favorite white tiger into mauling him nearly to death.

Seven-year-old Mantacore crushed Roy’s windpipe and triggered a stroke that left him paralyzed on the left side of his body and unable to walk or talk without assistance.

Horn died at age 75 from complications from COVID-19 in May 2020. Fischbacher died less than a year after his partner, of pancreatic cancer at age 81.

The eight-episode series, adapted from the Apple podcast “Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy,” will be executive-produced and directed by “Only Murders in the Building” showrunner John Hoffman, with Law and Garfield also producing. Brian Grazer, Kristen Zolner, and Natalie Berkus will also executive produce for Imagine Entertainment.