First Look Images For SKY Original Mary & George

SKY have unearthed the first look images for their period psycho-drama Mary & George starring Julianne Moore, Nicholas Galitzine along side Tony Curran.

The series is directed by Oliver Hermanus (Living, Moffie) and is inspired by the non-fiction book “The King’s Assassin” by Benjamin Woolley. The series will dangerously daring historical psychodrama about an outrageous mother Mary Villers (Moore) and son (Galitzine) who schemed, seduced and killed to conquer the court of England and the bed of King James I.

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Mary & George is inspired by the unbelievable true story of Mary Villiers, who moulded her beautiful and charismatic son, George, to seduce King James I and become his all-powerful lover. Through outrageous scheming, the pair rose from humble beginnings to become the richest, most titled and influential players the English court had ever seen, and the King’s most trusted advisors. And with England’s place on the world stage under threat from a Spanish invasion and rioters taking to the streets to denounce the King, the stakes could not have been higher.

Prepared to stop at nothing and armed with her ruthless political steel, Mary married her way up the ranks, bribed politicians, colluded with criminals and clawed her way into the heart of the Establishment, making it her own.

The rest of the cast will include Nicola Walker as Lady Hatton, Niamh Algar as Sandie, Trine Dyrholm as Queen Anne, Sean Gilder as Sir Thomas Compton, Adrian Rawlins as Sir Edward Coke, Mark O’Halloran as Sir Francis Bacon, Laurie Davidson as Somerset, Samuel Blenkin as Prince Charles, Jacob McCarthy as Kit Villiers, Tom Victor as John Villiers, Alice Grant as Susan Villiers, Amelia Gething as s Coke, Mirren Mack as Katherine Manners, Rina Mahoney as Laura Ashcattle, and Simon Russell Beale as Sir George Villiers.