NEW PHOTOS FROM ITALY SET EPIC TV SAGAS DOMINA ON ROMAN EMPRESS LIVIA DRUSILLA AND LEONARDO WITH AIDAN TURNER AS THE FAMOUS PAINTER

     'DOMINA' EPIC TV SERIES

1ST PHOTO OF LIVIA DRUSILLA

Set photos from two Italy set epic series today, starting with Sky Atlantic's DOMINA. The first photo isn't much but it shows Kasia Smutniak as Livia Drusilla, the mother of the emperor Tiberius who overcame adversity to

First set photos show Kasia Smutniak on a horse as Livia Drusilla

become the most powerful woman in the world! Beside Kasia, the cast also includes Liam Cunningham, Lex Shrapnel, Isabella Rossellini, Matthew McNulty, Ben Batt, Tom Forbes and Claire Forlani. Read more about the show here.

     'LEONARDO' TV SERIES

NEW PHOTOS OF AIDAN TURNER

After first four episodes that were shot prior to corona outbreak, historical series LEONARDO is back to Italy to shoot the rest of the first season and you can see new photos from the yesterday's set showing Aidan Turner as a

During the corona lockdown, Aidan has grown hair and beard for the series

bit older Leonardo da Vinci with a longer hair, courtesy of Tuscia Web. Frank Spotnitz, who also brought us Medici, is shooting this series which will air on

The series is currently shooting in mediaeval Italian town Viterbo

Rai in Italy and also in France, Spain and Germany. The series also stars James D'Arcy as Ludovico Sforza and Max Bennet as Cesare Borgia with Giancarlo Gianninni as famous Verrocchio!

Eight Part Limited Series 
will tell the incredible true story of the definitive ‘Renaissance man’. Born the illegitimate son of a notary in the rural town of Vinci, Leonardo’s lonely childhood leaves him with a relentless, near superhuman drive to understand

Aidan Turner and Carlos Cueavas at the set yesterday in Italy

everything. Under questioning by a Milanese investigator (Freddie Highmore) who holds Leonardo’s life in his hands, we come to see the terrible personal sacrifice that led him to create masterpieces that changed the

James D'Arcy has a new image as Ludovica Sforza

way we see the world forever. The series will portray him as a gay outsider who used his work as a way of hiding his true self. Each episode will examine one of

Leonardo will allegedly be openly gay in the new series

da Vinci’s artworks for hidden clues about a tortured artist struggling for perfection. Freddie Highmore, who is also producing, will play Stefano Giraldi, a fictional police detective who frames the narrative, investigating da Vinci as the suspect in a murder case and digging into his past.