Mary & George | Official Series Trailer | Julianne Moore - Starz

Check out the trailer for Mary & George, an upcoming seven-part limited series starring Julianne Moore (Still Alice) and Nicholas Galitzine (Red, White & Royal Blue). Mary & George is inspired by the scandalous true story of a treacherous mother and son who schemed, seduced and killed to conquer the Court of England and the bed of King James I.

Julianne Moore plays Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham, who in 17th century England molded her beautiful son, George, to seduce King James I and become his all-powerful lover. Through outrageous scheming, the pair rose from humble beginnings to become one of the richest, most titled and influential players the English court had ever seen, and the King’s most trusted advisors. Nicholas Galitzine plays her son, George Villiers, a naïve romantic who alongside his ruthless mother was prepared to stop at nothing to get to the top and prove to himself that he can be defined by more than just his beauty and make his mark on history. Tony Curran (“Mayflies”) stars as King James I, whose desire to be loved and subservient to ambitious and beautiful young men, makes him dangerously at risk of being exploited by tyrannical lovers to the likes of Mary & George.

The ensemble cast includes 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 “Earl of 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 Villiers,” Rina Mahoney (“Happy Valley,” “Cobra”) as “Laura Ashcattle” and Simon Russell Beale (The Death of Stalin, The Outfit) as “George Villiers.”