Amazon Prime Video has unveiled casting on the highly-anticipated UK Amazon Original series The Rig, a six-part epic thriller produced by Wild Mercury Productions (part of Banijay UK), created by David Macpherson and directed by John Strickland. The series is set to film exclusively in Scotland later this month on an oil rig and at FirstStage Studios in Edinburgh.

Meet the crew of the Kinloch Bravo oil rig:

Iain Glen plays Magnus MacMillan, Offshore Installation Manager of the rig and leader of the crew, Emily Hampshire (Schitt's Creek) plays Rose Mason the scientist and oil company rep, a fresh face on-board the rig.

Martin Compston plays Communications Officer Fulmer Hamilton. Rochenda Sandall plays Medic Cat Braithwaite. Owen Teale is Head Driller Lars Hutton. Richard Pepple is crew boss Grant Dunlin and Mark Bonnar is Deck Foreman Alwyn Evans.

Calvin Demba plays Drill Hand Baz Roberts, Emun Elliott (Guilt) is rig mechanic Leck Longman.