The Thursday Murder Club was released on Netflix last month and is full of well-known actors such as Pierce Brosnan, Sir Ben Kingsley and Dame Helen Mirren. Here are three cast members who you may not realise have ties to Essex. Dame Helen MirrenDame Helen plays Elizabeth, a retired MI6 agent in the film. She grew up in south Essex and went to Hamlet Court Primary School in Westcliff. Dave GarlickActors - Daniel Mays and Dave Garlick (Image: Dave Garlick) Dave Garlick, of Clacton, appears as PC Taylor in The Thursday Murder Club, directed by American filmmaker Chris Columbus.