Robert Pattinson, Lily-Rose Depp join Timothée Chalamet in Netflix's upcoming period drama, The King

Actors Robert Pattinson and Lily-Rose Depp have joined the cast of Netflix’s The King starring Timothée  Chalamet and _Red Sparrow_ star Joel Edgerton in the lead. [caption id=“attachment_4491209” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Robert Pattinson and Timothée Chalamet. Twitter @Filmedia[/caption] Directed by War Machine helmer David Michod, the film is based on classic Shakespeare plays Henry The IV and Henry V, and follows a young, disgraced prince Hal (Chalamet) who inherits the crown at a particularly turbulent time in English history and must learn what it means to be a king, guided by his one true friend, Falstaff (Edgerton). Pattinson will play French prince The Dauphin, while Depp, the 19-year-old daughter of Hollywood star Johnny Depp and his former girlfriend Vanessa Paradis, will portray French Princess Catherine, who goes on to marry Henry V, the streaming giant said in a statement. The film also stars Sean Harris, Ben Mendelsohn, Tom Glynn-Carney of Dunkirk and Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie of _Leave No Trac_e. Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment is producing the project along with Porchlight Films’ Liz Watts, Edgerton and Michod. Deadline reports the shooting of the film will start on 1 June in the UK and it will release on the streaming giant in 2019. Chalamet was recently seen in the coming-of-age drama Call Me by Your Name  opposite Armie Hammer, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Pattinson’s last release was thriller Good Time . (With inputs from PTI)