Charlie Hunnam is a man on the run in India in the trailer for Apple’s Shantaram
The drama series based on the book of the same name is coming in October
What do you do if you’re Charlie Hunnam, it’s the ‘80s, and you’ve just escaped from prison? If you’re living in the Apple TV+ show Shantaram, you go and hide out in Mumbai (it was Bombay at the time, and that’s the name Apple is using), a city where even an obviously Australian man can start a new life without anyone asking questions. Well, Hunnam is English, but the character in Gregory David Roberts’ original book is Australian… so Hunnam is using one of those accents at least.
That may not sound like a perfect plan, but this trailer makes it pretty clear that it’s not. People don’t like it when you escape from their prison and hide out in India, even if you start working to help underprivileged communities and fall in love with a woman who saves you from getting hit by a car. Who knew? Here’s the official synopsis from a press release: