'VANITY FAIR' TV SERIES
NEW PHOTOS UNVEILED!
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| Vanity Fair will air in seven hourlong episodes |
The only thing I have for you today are a few new photos from ITV's new period set series
VANITY FAIR published at 'Radio Times'! We still don't know when is ITV planning to air the costume drama based on
William Thackeray's famous novel, whether in Autumn or maybe even during summer. Set in the Napoleonic era it follows the destiny of resourceful Becky Sharp played by
Olivia Cooke.
The seven part drama coming from
Poldark's and
Victoria's
Mammoth Screen, is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, and follows 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, merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing,
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| Olivia Cooke the star of Spielberg's Ready Player One takes the lead |
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,
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| After airing on ITV in UK, Vanity Fair will air on Amazon too in US |
Flynn as Dobbin,
Martin Clunes as Sir Pitt Crawley,
Frances de La Tour as Miss Matilda Crawley,
Suranne Jones as snobbish Miss Pinkerton and
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| The saga is based on William Thackeray's classic novel |
Michael Palin as Thackeray himself.
Claudia Jessie will play Becky’s confidante Amelia Sedley, with
Simon Russell Beale and
Claire Skinner as her parents, and
David Fynn as her brother Joss.
