BAFTA Rising Star winner Mia McKenna-Bruce has joined the cast of “The Species,” the upcoming drama from Justin Chadwick (“Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom,” “The Other Boleyn Girl,” “Bleak House”). The “How to Have Sex” breakout, recently seen in “The Lady” and set to star in the upcoming “The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event,” joins Anthony Hopkins , Charlotte Rampling and Tom Hollander in the feature, being sold internationally by HanWay Films in Cannes. “The Species” follows Emma Darwin (Rampling), recently widowed following the death of famed naturalist Charles Darwin (Hopkins), as she finds herself locked in a battle with her son George and pushy publisher Marshall Winwick (Hollander) over Charles’ autobiography. It presents a challenge to her faith: will the publication of her almost heretically atheist husband’s work jeopardise his safe passage to heaven and their chance to be reunited in the afterlife? McKenna-Bruce will play Jane, the family’s maid at the Darwin estate.…