The story of Mary & George, the new Sky Original series available from April 7 on Sky and streaming on Now, is that of many palaces from several centuries ago in which courtiers used false pretenses to attract the attention of sovereigns and live on income for the rest of their days. This is what Yorgos Lanthimos represented The favouritetelling the (true) story of Queen Anne of Great Britain fought over by Lady Sarah Churchill and the ambitious Abigail Masham, but also DC Moore in, in fact, Mary & Georgechoosing to delve deeper the (real) relationship between King James I of England (Tony Curran) and the handsome young George Villiers. The principle underlying everything is always the same: to seduce, ensnare and obtain privileges and favors that otherwise would not come. To make the plot, inspired by the essay, more intriguing The King's Assassin by Benjamin Woolley, however, she is a mother who trains her son in order to exploit his beauty for as long as it lasts.
This woman who looks similar to Miss Havisham described by Dickens in Big hopes And Mary Villiersa very clever and resolute little person played by a great person Julianne Moore, ready to play any card to ensure that her second son George – played by a Nicholas Galitzine increasingly unstoppable – can do something great for her and her family. Astute and ruthless like the Marchioness Isabelle de Merteuil of Dangerous relationships by Choderlos de Laclos, Mary is not willing to take a step back from her intention to push George into the arms of the king (Tony Curran), even at the risk of having her murky past come to light and the very dangerous official lover of the sovereign Robert Carr (Laurie Davidson) do not do your worst to prevent this takeover.

The result is a gripping series which, in addition to giving numerous gifts explicit scenes with a homosexual theme that will delight all Galitzine fans, manages to shine above all thanks to the undisputed talent of Julianne Moore, absolutely perfect in the role of a woman of incredible intelligence who, in a world governed only by men, is certain that she can manipulate her son so well as to bend him to her will – even if at a certain point this presumption will backfire on her -. Between intrigues, sex, poisonings, diabolical plans and numerous twists and turns, Mary & Georgeproduced by Hera Pictures in association with Sky Studios and with Julianne Moore herself as executive producer, is a little gem which reminds us where ambition can lead and what terrible consequences the presumption of invincibility can unleash. See it, and fall in love with it.
Source: Vanity Fair

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