POLDARK'S HARRY RICHARDSON & IN LIKE FLYNN'S THOMAS COCQUEREL JOIN JULIAN FELLOWES 19TH CENTURY NEW YORK SET SERIES THE GILDED AGE

     'THE GILDED AGE' SERIES

HARRY RICHARDSON & THOMAS COCQUEREL JOIN THE CAST

While you can expect Julian Fellowes' new drama Belgravia this spring, he is already preparing another costume series but set in America. I've already announced the cast for THE GILDED AGE, a 19th century series he is producing for HBO, but now they're joined by Poldark's Harry

Harry Richardson will be a rich son in the series

Richardson and In Like Flynn's Thomas Cocquerel alongside Jack Gilpin. They join Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Amanda Peet, Morgan Spector, Taissa Farmiga, Blake Ritson and Simon Jones who are already in the cast.

The Gilded Age 
begins in 1882 – introducing young Marian Brook, the orphaned daughter of a Southern general, who moves into the home of her rigidly conventional aunts in New York City. Marian gets caught up in the dazzling lives of her stupendously rich neighbours, led by a ruthless railroad tycoon and his ambitious wife struggling for acceptance by the Astor and Vanderbilt set. Will Marian follow the

Thomas Cocquerel will be a lawyer in the new series

established rules of society, or forge her own path in this exciting new world that is on the brink of transfor- mation into the modern age?

Harry Richardson will play Larry Russell. Appealing and good natured with an easy charm, Larry is a recent Harvard university graduate eager to make his way in the world. Thomas Cocquerel will be Tom Raikes, a sensible young lawyer who has been a solitary and career-driven practical man but is smitten when he meets Marian, his late client’s orphaned daughter. Jack Gilpin will portrays Church, the Russell family’s butler. He is American, from a dismal background, but evades his past by excelling at his job. He has no time for nonsense in the workplace due to his attention and care for his job.