Stars including Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood and Robert Carlyle have joined the cast of The Gentlemen as it begins production on series three in the UK and Morocco.

The Netflix series will feature a host of guest stars including Bloom and Wood, who starred together in The Lord Of The Rings, Carlyle, Dexter Fletcher, Saffron Burrows, Bruna Marquezine, Ed Speleers and Bugzy Malone.

They will join returning cast members Theo James as Eddie, Kaya Scodelario as Susie, Ray Winstone as Susie’s father Bobby, Joely Richardson as Sabrina and Vinnie Jones as Geoffrey.

Also reprising their roles are Jasmine Blackborow as Lady Charlotte, Harry Goodwins as Jack, Benjamin Clementine as Nanny and Maya Jama as Aisha.

The show follows Duke Eddie Horniman as he unexpectedly inherits his late father’s country estate – which is home to an underground cannabis empire.

In series three, Eddie and Susie embark upon their most audacious project yet: building a casino in the Middle East.

But with danger lurking around every corner, it remains to be seen whether the Duke’s unchecked ambition has finally gone too far.

The show is a spin-off from Guy Ritchie’s blockbuster film of the same name, which tells the story of an American drug lord looking to sell his cannabis empire in England.

There had previously been speculation that the Duchess of Sussex was in talks for a role in the show, but her name was not announced among the cast.

Meghan, the wife of the King’s second son, Harry, made her name as an actress on the US legal drama Suits.

She recently returned to acting for the first time in nearly a decade in a cameo as herself in the upcoming comedy Close Personal Friends, starring Lily Collins and Brie Larson.