Sky’s Mary & George With Julianne Moore & Nicholas Galitzine, More Casting Announced

Sky and AMC have announced additional castings for their risky historical psychodrama Mary & George, which is currently filming in the United Kingdom.

Tony Curran (Mayflies, Your Honour) will play King James I in the upcoming seven-part Sky Original and AMC Networks drama produced by Hera Pictures. He will be joined by Academy Award and BAFTA winner Julianne Moore (Still Alice, Far From Heaven) as Mary Villiers and Oscar nominee Nicholas Galitzine (Cinderella, Purple Hearts) as George Villiers. The series is directed by Oliver Hermanus (Living, Moffie), Alex Winckler (Somewhere Boy, This Way Up), and Florian Cossen (Blocks 2 and 3). (Deutschland 86, The Empress).

Also joining the cast of the limited event series are Nicola Walker (The Split, Unforgotten) as Lady Hatton, Niamh Algar (The Wonder, Malpractice) as Sandie, Trine Dyrholm (The Legacy, Queen Of Hearts) as Queen Anne, Sean Gilder (Sherwood, Slow Horses) as Sir Thomas Compton, Adrian Rawlins (Living, Chernobyl) as Sir Edward Coke, Mark O’Halloran (The Miracle Club, The Virtues) as Sir Francis Bacon, Laurie Davidson (Masters of the Air, Guilty Party) as Somerset, Samuel Blenkin (Atlanta, The Witcher: Blood Origin) as Prince Charles, Jacob McCarthy (SAS: Rogue Heroes, The Tragedy of Macbeth) as Kit Villiers, Tom Victor (Consent) as John Villiers, Alice Grant (Anthem at Almeida Theatre) as Susan Villiers, Amelia Gething (Emily, The Amelia Gething Complex) as Frances Coke, Mirren Mack (The Nest, The Witcher: Blood Origin) as Katherine Manners, Rina Mahoney (Happy Valley, Cobra) as Laura Ashcattle, and Simon Russell Beale (The Death of Stalin, The Outfit) as Sir George Villiers.

The incredible true tale of Mary Villiers and her son George, whom she trained to seduce King James I and become his all-powerful lover, serves as the basis for the film Mary & George. From meagre beginnings they ascended to become the King’s most trusted advisors and the richest, most titled, and powerful players the English court had ever seen. The stakes could not have been greater, what with an impending Spanish invasion and rioters turning to the streets to denounce the King.

Mary, with her ruthless political steel and ability to stop at nothing to achieve her goals, married her way up the ranks, bribed politicians, colluded with criminals, and eventually made her way into the very centre of the Establishment.

This historical psychodrama about a mother and son who plotted, seduced, and killed their way to the throne of England and the bed of King James I is both daring and perilous.​

Acclaimed playwright DC Moore (Killing Eve, Temple) penned the series, which was based on Benjamin Woolley’s nonfiction novel The King’s Assassin.

Mary & George is produced by Hera Pictures in association with Sky Studios. Liza Marshall is the executive producer for Hera Pictures alongside DC Moore and Oliver Hermanus. Sam Hoyle serves as Executive Producer for Sky Studios.

Mary & George will air on Sky Atlantic in the UK, Ireland, DACH and Italy. AMC Networks holds exclusive distribution in the U.S, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India. NBCUniversal Global Distribution handles international sales on behalf of Sky Studios.