Some may find the modernized period tales of the likes of Bridgerton and Persuasion in poor taste, while others thoroughly enjoy this new take. The Buccaneers falls under the same categorization of doing away with historical accuracy to incorporate today’s feminist ideology in the 19th century. The show is loosely based on the unfinished novel by Edith Wharton about five young American women who pirate their way into English society to find themselves Lords or Dukes for husbands—well, at least a couple of them. This show is not for those who love their classics and completely erases anything vintage about this story through music by Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers and dialogue that sometimes feels extremely fake. The show is determined to showcase Americans as vulgar savages and the British as terrible yet proper. Yet, despite the strangeness of it all, there’s something underneath that’s rather exciting to watch.
- 11/8/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
Apple TV+’s The Buccaneers opens with a wedding that almost doesn’t happen. As Conchita (Alisha Boe) frets in her family’s New York mansion, Lord Richard (Josh Dylan) pulls up late with a breakup letter in hand, worried his free-spirited fiancée won’t “fit” with his uptight English family. It’s only when Nan (Kristine Frøseth), Conchita’s maid of honor, reminds Richard that nothing matters but their love that he rips up the note and goes ahead with what looks to be the most lavish nuptials of the century.
But what might on another show play as a testament to the power of love will ultimately prove on this one to be a warning of its limitations. With its poppy soundtrack, headstrong heroines and endless galas, the comparisons to Bridgerton are inevitable, well warranted and, in early episodes, not entirely flattering to The Buccaneers. But if the...
But what might on another show play as a testament to the power of love will ultimately prove on this one to be a warning of its limitations. With its poppy soundtrack, headstrong heroines and endless galas, the comparisons to Bridgerton are inevitable, well warranted and, in early episodes, not entirely flattering to The Buccaneers. But if the...
- 11/7/2023
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Simone Kirby, best known for her roles in His Dark Materials and Peaky Blinders, has been cast in a key role in Apple TV+‘s upcoming drama adaptation of Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel The Buccaneers. The series, which joins the likes of Bridgerton and The Gilded Age as the latest entrant into the popular period drama market, is written and created by Katherine Jakeways (Tracey Ullman’s Show) and centers on a group of wealthy American girls sent to 1870s London to find a posh English husband. According to Deadline, Kirby will play Miss Laura Tesvalley, the girls’ English chaperone who is responsible for inviting girls to the London debutante season. While she appears to be kind and amiable on the surface, it soon transpires she shares a secret with Conchita Closson’s (Alisha Boe) husband, Lord Richard, and is manipulating the invitation. Kirby joins a cast that already...
- 10/27/2022
- TV Insider
Exclusive: His Dark Materials star Simone Kirby has become the latest to board Apple TV+’s drama adaptation based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel The Buccaneers.
Kirby joins the likes of Christina Hendricks, Kristine Froseth and Alisha Boe and will play Miss Laura Testvalley, the American’ girls English chaperone. She is responsible for inviting girls to the London debutante season, at first appearing to be kind and amiable before it transpires she shares a secret with Conchita’s husband, Lord Richard, and is manipulating the invitation.
Kirby played Dr Mary Malone in the second season of the BBC/HBO’s His Dark Materials adaptation. Past credits include Peaky Blinders, Ken Loach’s Jimmy’s Hall and Notes on Blindness.
The Buccaneers adaptation follows a group of fun-loving young American girls exploding into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash and the disregard of centuries of tradition.
Kirby joins the likes of Christina Hendricks, Kristine Froseth and Alisha Boe and will play Miss Laura Testvalley, the American’ girls English chaperone. She is responsible for inviting girls to the London debutante season, at first appearing to be kind and amiable before it transpires she shares a secret with Conchita’s husband, Lord Richard, and is manipulating the invitation.
Kirby played Dr Mary Malone in the second season of the BBC/HBO’s His Dark Materials adaptation. Past credits include Peaky Blinders, Ken Loach’s Jimmy’s Hall and Notes on Blindness.
The Buccaneers adaptation follows a group of fun-loving young American girls exploding into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash and the disregard of centuries of tradition.
- 10/27/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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