Malachi Kirby tapped to play the dual leading roles in Amazon's Anansi Boys

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The British actor will join Delroy Lindo in the Neil Gaiman adaptation, playing brothers Charles Nancy and Spider. “Malachi Kirby is an actor of astonishing sensitivity, charm, and power,” said Gaiman on the casting. “We needed somebody who could bring us the humanity of Charlie and the godly dangerousness of Spider; who could play two very different characters and who could in many ways carry the show. We found Malachi, and I am so thrilled that we did. He’s astonishing.”