After a number of photos and a teaser, we finally have the first trailer and character photos from ITV's new period set series VANITY FAIR which will
Olivia Cooke the star of Spielberg's Ready Player One takes the lead
start airing this September in United Kingdom! Brand new costume drama based on William Thackeray's
famous novel, has the story set in the
First look at the lead cast of the new Vanity Fair series!
Napoleonic era following the destiny of resourceful Becky Sharp played
by Olivia Cooke. Check out the trailer below and first cast photos!
NEW VANITY FAIR The seven part drama coming from Poldark's and Victoria's Mammoth Screen,
is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic
Wars, and follows
After airing on ITV in UK, Vanity Fair will air on Amazon too in US
modern heroine Becky Sharp as she attempts to claw
her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society. Her
story of villainy, crime,
The saga is based on William Thackeray's classic novel
merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing,
cheating, fighting and dancing, takes her all the way to the court of
King George IV, via the Battle of Waterloo, breaking hearts and losing
fortunes as she goes.
A RATHER STELLAR CAST INDEED
Her main love interest daft Captain Rawdon Crawley is played by Tom Bateman with Charlie Rowe as poor soldier George Osborne, Johnny
Claudia Jessie is Becky's confidante Amelia Sedley
Flynn as Dobbin, Martin Clunes as Sir Pitt Crawley, Frances de La Tour as Miss Matilda Crawley, Suranne Jones as snobbish Miss Pinkerton and
Charlie Rowe as George Osborne and Johnny Flynn as William Dobbin
Michael Palin as Thackeray himself. Claudia Jessie will play Becky’s confidante Amelia Sedley, with Simon Russell Beale and Claire Skinner
Vanity Fair will air in seven hourlong episodes
as her parents, and David Fynn as her brother Joss.Shot on locations around United Kingdom and Hungarian capitol Budapest, the series will later on also air on Amazon in USA!
It looks great! I probably would have been a social climber back in those days too. I bore easily and it seems like a game I would have had fun playing.
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There's something in Olivia Cooke's face, je ne sais quoi, that makes her a good Becky Sharp, that is, a good social climber.
ReplyDeleteI like the trailer; it covers a lot: characters, gowns, love, battles. Elicits interest and curiosity about the upcoming serial.
Yes, there is something irritating about her as an actress which is good for the role as Becky is a really nasty human being indeed.
DeleteIt looks great! I probably would have been a social climber back in those days too. I bore easily and it seems like a game I would have had fun playing.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back, dahlink, missed you something terrible :)
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