Casting for the show started in May 2021, and the rest of the series’ cast eventually joined in June 2021. Liev Schreiber and Janet McTeer engage in a lethal battle of sex and power, love and revenge in Christopher Hamptons stage adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the 18th century novel. The rest of the star-studded roster includes Paloma Faith, Michael McElhatton, Kosar Ali, Nathanael Saleh, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Lucy Cohu, Fisayo Akinade, Maria Friedman, and Claire Higgins. Based on the 1782 novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons Dangereuses follows former lovers, La Marquise de Merteuil and Le Vicomte de Valmont as they compete in games of. Golden Calf winner Carice van Houten, who’s gained recognition in the film world for her performance in Black Book, stars as Jacqueline de Montrachet. Manville previously receive an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in the historical drama film Phantom Thread. Seasoned actress Lesley Manville joins the cast as Geneviève de Merteuil. Her other half, Pascal Valmont, is played by Nicholas Denton, who’s been featured in films like Glitch and Holding the Man. The Australian actress gained popularity through her roles as Rose in Ginger & Rosa and Lena Duchannes in Beautiful Creatures. Alice Englert stars as Camille, the leading lady of Dangerous Liaisons and one-half of the vengeful couple. The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature.

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