Guy Ritchie’s Toff Guys Adds Colin Farrell and Michelle Dockery to Cast

Guy Ritchie’s upcoming crime drama Toff Guys has expanded its ensemble with the additions of Colin Farrell and Michelle Dockery, according to reports in The Hollywood Reporter. The casting further builds on an already star-studded lineup and signals Ritchie’s continued return to the witty, fast-paced crime tales that defined his early career.

Left: Colin Farrell (Dumbo – 2019); right: Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey)

Michelle Dockery has been tapped to replace Kate Beckinsale in the role of the unnamed wife of a character played by Matthew McConaughey. Dockery, best known for her work on Downton Abbey, brings a blend of dramatic poise and on-screen intelligence that promises to add emotional weight and complexity to the film’s central relationships.

Colin Farrell, whose recent credits include Widows, is set to portray a Mixed Martial Arts trainer in the film. Farrell’s casting hints at a physical, energetic dynamic among the cast and suggests Ritchie will employ both stylish action choreography and his signature rapid-fire dialogue to drive the story.

The plot of Toff Guys has been described as a contemporary British crime tale in the spirit of Ritchie’s earlier successes like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. At its center is a man — played by Matthew McConaughey — who has risen to the top of a marijuana-selling empire and now wants out. That premise sets the stage for betrayals, double-crosses and the darkly comic entanglements typical of Ritchie’s best-known work.

Alongside McConaughey, Farrell and Dockery, the cast includes Hugh Grant, who will play a photographer with designs on blackmail; Henry Golding, who is reported to portray a Vietnamese gangster; and Jeremy Strong, who also figures among the ensemble. This mixture of actors known for dramatic depth and those with strong comedic timing suggests the film will balance tension and levity within a layered crime narrative.

Development on Toff Guys is taking place under the Miramax banner. Guy Ritchie co-wrote the screenplay with Marn Davies and Ivan Atkinson, continuing a collaborative creative approach that aims to blend tightly plotted crime storytelling with character-driven humor. At present, the project has not been given an official release date.

For fans of Ritchie’s stylistic trademarks — quick edits, interwoven subplots, and a focus on the underworld’s oddball characters — Toff Guys appears to be a return to familiar territory but with a contemporary cast and sensibility. The casting of established names such as McConaughey and Grant alongside performers like Farrell, Dockery, Golding and Strong may broaden the film’s appeal while preserving a distinctly British crime-comedy tone.

While production details and a release timetable remain limited, the ensemble and the creative team indicate that Toff Guys aims to blend sharp dialogue, kinetic action, and morally ambiguous characters into a tightly wound crime drama. Observers of Ritchie’s career will likely watch casting announcements and production updates closely to see how closely the finished film aligns with the director’s influential 1990s and early-2000s work.

Separately, Guy Ritchie’s family-friendly adaptation Aladdin was scheduled for release on 24 May 2019, marking a broader range of projects in his filmography and demonstrating the director’s versatility across genres.