James Norton to defend Anglo-Saxon throne in new BBC series
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The BBC has announced the historical drama "The King and the Conqueror" about the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Starring James Norton and Nikolaus Coster-Waldau, the premiere is scheduled for 2025.
In the medieval drama series The King and conqueror, James Norton plays Harold, Earl of Wessex, who prepares to fight William, Duke of Normandy (Coster-Waldau). Emily Beecham also starred as Edith Swanneck and Clemence Poesy as Matilda.
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In the first scene of the medieval drama series The King and conqueror, James Norton tries to defend the Anglo-Saxon throne from the French invader Nikolaus Coster-Waldau.
A new eight - part historical drama from Sherlock Holmes author Michael Robert Johnson, which focuses on the epic clash between Harold of Wessex and William the Conqueror on the eve of the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The release is scheduled for 2025.
The King and conqueror is being produced by the development Partnership, Rabbit Track Pictures, Shepherd Content, RVK Studios and CBS Studios in collaboration with the BBC. The series is written by Michael Robert Johnson and directed by Balthazar Cormacour.
In the released footage, Harold leads an army, and is also dressed in a full set of armor in the middle of the battlefield.
Norton said the six-month shoot in Iceland was "dirty, dirty - I was covered in mud for six months.
The film also stars Emily Beecham as Edith Swanneck and Clemence Poesy as Matilda.
"The king and the Conqueror" is a story of a conflict that for thousands of years determined the future of a country and continent, whose roots go back centuries and continue in two intertwined family dynasties vying for power. through two lands and a stormy sea," the film's annotation reads.
"Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy are two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, two allies on the British throne who had no purpose but were determined; circumstances and personal obsessions forced them to fight for their crown.
