Kit Harington has booked his next TV role!
On Wednesday (September 17), it was announced that the 38-year-old Game of Thrones actor will be leading BBC and MGM+’s upcoming limited series adaption of Charles Dicken‘s classic novel A Tale of Two Cities.
Keep reading to find out more…Also starring in the series will be François Civil and Mirren Mack.
Here’s the synopsis from BBC: “London, 1782. Tensions run high in the war between France and Britain. A young woman, Lucie Manette (Mack) has her life upended when she receives a message from Paris – her father, assumed dead for almost 20 years, may be alive. The messenger – idealistic French emigré, Charles Darnay (Civil) – is arrested and charged with treason. Lucie enlists the help of a brilliant but erratic young lawyer, Sydney Carton (Harington), to free Darnay in the hope he will lead her to Paris to track down her father. Lucie’s collision with Darnay and Carton unleashes a powerful and complex love triangle. Both men fight to be worthy of her love, and Lucie is torn over which one to choose. Yet neither man – physically so alike, spiritually poles apart – can escape the other. Instead, they find themselves bound together in life and death, through triumphs, tragedies, marriage, and murder.”
Filming is scheduled to begin in October.
A Tale of Two Cities will air on the BBC in the U.K. and MGM+ in the U.S.
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Source: justjared.com