EXCLUSIVE: Rupert Everett and Ruby Stokes (Bridgerton) have signed up to join Food fabulousa 19th-century set from director Celyn Jones (The Almond and the Seahorse, The Disappearance), which has just rolled cameras in Wales.

The film is described as a “fantastic reimagining set in the late 19th century” and is inspired by the life of the fifth Marquess of Anglesey. According to the official synopsis, the story follows the outrageous Henry Paget, a flamboyant character so ahead of his time that he breaks society’s protocols of elitism and gender. Known for his gregarious theatrical expressions, exuberant sense of fashion and lavish social life, Paget spent a multi-million pound fortune before his untimely death at the age of twenty-nine.

We announced back in May that Callum Scott Howells (It is a sin) signed on to star as Henry Paget. Stokes joins Scott Howells to play Lily, Henry’s best friend and platonic lover. Also in the ensemble is Paul Rhys (Napoleon, Saltburn), Louis Hynes (The Big One, A Series of Unfortunate Events), Louise Brealey (Chuck Chuck Baby, such brave girls), and Tom Rhys-Harries (The Gentlemen, White Lines).

Food fabulous produced by production outfit Mad as Birds, with principal photography on Jones’ home island of Anglesey, Wales, as well as Caernarfon and Pwllheli.

The cast is rounded out by Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls, extraordinary), Guillaume Gallienne (The Regime, Marie Antoinette), Steve Speir’s (The Tuckers, Afterlife), Kevin Eldon (Rings of power, trigger point), Ian Puleston-Davies (Pennyworth, Tin Star), and Roger Evans (House of the Dragon, Klokkenluider).

“We have an embarrassment of riches in front of and behind the camera on this crazy movie,” Jones said. “It’s wonderful to tell this story, in this way, right here and now. Henry was a true original and deserves this reimagining, to revisit his legend with a disco lens and a punk heart.”

The film’s screenplay was written by Anglesey-born Lisa Baker in her feature film debut. Nadia Jaynes (Marcella, The Responder) and Sean Marley (Poms, six minutes to midnight) serve as producers, with Nicola Pearcey (Military wives, the almond and the seahorse) as an executive producer for Picnik Entertainment. Casting is by Rebecca Wright Casting.

Callum Scott Howells is represented by Lou Coulson Associates, Anonymous Content and Multitude Media. Ruby Stokes is represented by Curtis Brown, UTA in the US, Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher and Shelter PR. Rupert Everett is represented by The Artists Partnership.