A new royal decree has been issued:Hugh Grantreturns to HBO for the limited seriesThe PalacealongsideAndrea Riseborough,Kate WinsletandMatthias Schoenaerts, according toDeadline.
What role Grant will play is not clear, as his role and the others in the series are being kept under wraps, but it is known he will appear in a guest starring capacity. We also knowThe Palacecenters around a year spent under the rule of an authoritarian regime. What’s particularly interesting about Grant’s casting is that the series will reunite the actor with Winslet. The two notably starred in the critically acclaimed 1996 adaptation ofSense and SensibilitybyAng Lee. In the film, which also starredEmma ThompsonandAlan Rickman, Winslet played Marianne Dashwood while grant played Edward Ferrars.
The Palacealso marks Grant’s return to HBO, as he was in their 2020 limited seriesThe Undoing,where he played husband and father Jonathan Fraser. His wife, Grace Fraser, played byNicole Kidman, is a wealthy New York therapist who becomes involved in a murder case where her husband is the prime suspect. Over the course of the series, she discovers darker truths about the man she thought she knew above all others. His role as Jonathan Fraser earned him Critics Choice, Emmy, and SAG (Screen Actor Guild) nominations, and it was HBO’s most-watched show of that year. HBO most likely looks to have repeat success withThe Palace.
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In addition to seeing Grant inThe Undoing,people last saw BAFTA-winning actor Grant in his cameo inGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, which comes to Netflix on December 23. People will next see Grant inDungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, meant for a March 2023 release.
Writers ofThe PalaceincludeGary Shteyngart,Juli Weiner,Jen Spyra,Sarah DeLappe,Seth Reiss, andWill Tracy— writer, showrunner, and executive producer ofSuccession. Other executive producers include BAFTA winnerStephen Frears,Frank Rich, Winslet, andTracey Seaward. Grant also reunites with director Frears onThe Palace,as he worked with Frears onFlorence Foster JenkinsandA Very English Scandal(which earned Frears and Grant Emmy nominations).
There is no release date set forThe Palaceyet, but keep an eye on Collider for more details about the limited series as they develop. Until then, you can catch Grant in theDungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thievestrailer below:
