Based on the extraordinary true story of Mary Villiers, Sky’s new Jacobean period drama Mary&George follows a mother who moulded her son to become the all-powerful lover of King James I.
“Since I first read about Mary Villiers’ life – and all she achieved with her son, George – I’ve been obsessed with bringing this story to the screen,” he added.
“Between King James’ often-overlooked love and lust for men, Mary’s extraordinary rise as a woman in a man’s world and George’s sexual and political conquests, this is a profoundly rich, and as yet entirely untold on screen, story, about a pair of ‘commoners’ who conquered all before them.”andare currently making waves at film festivals around the world. Needless to say, we’re expecting good things.
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