Friday, October 29, 2021

CELEBRATING 70 YEARS! : THE ROYALS .. NBC UNIVERSAL / LIONSGATE .. USA/UK .. 2015 -2018


NBC UNIVERSAL
LIONSGATE TELEVISON 
For E! Channel
Presents

THE ROYALS

Starring

ELIZABETH HURLEY as Queen Helena Henstridge
VINCENT REGAN as King Simon Henstridge
WILLIAM MOSELEY as Prince Liam Henstridge
ALEXANDRA PARK as Princess Eleanor Henstridge
JAKE MASKALL as Prince Cyrus Henstridge
TOM AUSTEN as Sir Jasper Frost
OLIVER MILBURN as Ted Pryce
MERRITT PATTERSON as Ophelia Pryce
GENEVIEVE GAUNT as Wilhelmena Moreno
MAX BROWN as King Robert Henstridge
& JOAN COLLINS as Grand Duchess Alexandra of Oxford

Produced by Brian Robbins  Joe Davola  Annabelle Frost  Sam Breckman  Nick O'Hagen
Created by Mark Schwahn
Based on 'Falling for Hamlet' by Michelle Ray

Series 1 - Eps 7  'Your Sovereignty of Reason'  Directed by Tom Vaughan
Series 2 - Eps 1  'It Is Not, Nor it Cannot Come to Good'  Directed by Mark Schwahn
Series 2 - Eps 5  'The Spirit That I have Seen'   Directed by Tom Vaughan
Series 2 - Eps 7  'Taint Not Thy Mind, Nor Let Thy Soul Contrive Against Thy Mother'  
                             Directed by James Lafferty
Series 2- Eps 8 'Be All My Sins Remembered'  Directed by Mark Schwahn
Series 4 - Eps 4 'Black as His Purpose Did The Night Resemble'  Directed by Mark Schwahn
Series 4 - Eps 6 'My News Shall Be The Fruit to That Great Feast'  Directed by Erica Dunton

 Drama about a fictional British Royal family set in modern-day London, who inhabit a world of opulence and regal tradition that caters to any and every desire, but one that also comes with a price tag of duty, destiny, and intense public scrutiny.


The Royals was a highly sensational drama series created for the E! entertainment channel as their first scripted drama series. It ran for four seasons from 2015 to 2018 with 40 episodes and gathered quite a following during its run.. 
The shows creator Mark Schwahn...

'' As the show was centred around a Royal family, the locations had to be sumptous.''


Elizabeth Hurley was delighted Joan was on board..
'' I was thrilled when they cast Joan as over the years we had two near misses of Joan and I appearing as mother and daughter, but it never panned out. We would meet at parties and we would say - 'We are going to make it happen' Joan would say. 'Well you better make it soon before you are too old to play my daughter!'
'We adore Joan being on set. We love it! We are all excited.. She is fabulous!''

Joan on set with Jake Maskall ( Prince Cyrus)

Joan commented on her character of Grand Duchess..

'' The character I play is actually the one in control. She knows everything that is happening, all the madness and naughtiness and decadence that is going on with the Royal family, the fictional Royal family. So she decides to step in and stop it all! It's very dramatic, very funny and beautifully written and the sets are to die for! ''

Joan with Elizabeth & Alexandra Park

The full series is not available widely as a box set as yet but you can order individual seasons on dvd.. 











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