Netflix has fulfilled the distribution of its limited series The age of innocenceAdding 14 actors to the adaptation of Edith Wharton’s classic novel.
Three of the new additions – Fiona Glasccott, Belinda Bromilow and Emma Shipp – will be regulars of the series, joining the Camila Morrone, Kristine Froseth, Ben Radcliffe and Margo Martindale, Kristine Froseth. Hayley Mills, Ryan Morgan, Will Tudor, John Light, Steven Pacey, Kel Matsena, Lucia Balordi, Elly Roberts, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Anna Madeley and Michael Cochrane are all presented as support players.
Netflix has placed a serial order for The age of innocence In April, with Emma Frost (The White Queen) serving as a showrunner and adapting Wharton’s novel on a love triangle between the rich Newland archeur (Radcliffe, Air masters), his fiancée could well (Froseth, Buccaneers) and her cousin, Ellen Olenska (Morrone, Daisy Jones and the Six). The winner of the Emmy Martindale plays May and Ellen’s grandmother, Mrs. Manson-Mingott.
The line line of the show is partly read: “The age of innocence Explore the themes of freedom, duty, identity and love in all its forms. This new catch is faithful to Wharton’s novel, but we will talk to a new generation when we cross the ballrooms and the rooms of these young people, asking the question what love is – and what is the lust? And should we ultimately be motivated by our heads or by our hearts?
GLASCOTT (HBO Max’s Julia) will play Augusta Welland, the loving and very traditional mother of May. Bromilow (The big) should play Adeline Archer, Newland mother, a widow who prefers solitude. Shipp (Rivals) Play Janey Archer, Newland’s sister, who seeks to get married.
Mills will play Louisa van der Luyden, cousin of Adeline. Morgan plays Lawrence Leffets and Tudor plays Sillerton Jackson, Friends of Newland’s. Light will play Lovell Mignott, May and Ellen’s uncle. Pacey will play judge John Welland, May’s father and Adeline’s husband. Matsena will face Ned Winstt, a friend of Newland’s and the editor -in -chief of the magazine. Balordi plays Nastasia, the ladies’ maid of Ellen. Roberts embodies Edith Mignott, May and Ellen d’Arl. Cutmore-Scott will pay Julius Beaufort, a banker interested in Ellen. Madeley will play Aunt Medora, the former goalkeeper of Ellen. Cochrane plays Henry Van der Luyden, cousin of Adeline.
Frost writes each episode of the series in addition to serving as a showrunner. She executive product with Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and Tracey Cook by Chernin Entertainment, Shannon Murphy, Pavlina Hatoupis and Shannon Murphy (Die for sex), which directs the first three episodes. Lisa Bruhlmann (Kill Eve) and Natalia Leite (The history of the servant) are also defined for directly.
