Kendall Myers is a writer at Collider who focuses on television, sit-coms, fantasy, Disney movies, and historical dramas.
The Big Picture The Gilded Age strikes a balance between reality and fiction. While many of the events in the show are based on reality, most are slightly changed. Even many of the characters are taken from history, but not all. To allow the story freedom, most of the leading characters are invented for the show. While Mrs. Astor , Ward McAllister , and several others are real; the central families are fictional, but Bertha Russell is an exception.
Release Date January 24, 2022 Creator Julian Fellowes Cast Carrie Coon , Morgan Spector , Louisa Jacobson , Denée Benton , Taissa Farmiga , Harry Richardson , Blake Ritson , Thomas Cocquerel , Simon Jones , Jack Gilpin , Cynthia Nixon , Christine Baranski , Donna Murphy , Debra Monk Main Genre Drama Seasons 2 Network HBO Max 'The Gilded Age's Bertha Russell Has a Similar Journey to Alva Vanderbilt Though the historical drama is mostly fictional, creator Julian Fellowes confirmed...
However, in Alva's case, it was her father-in-law who made the family fortune. Though her husband, William K. Vanderbilt, had plenty of money to throw around, he was not the source, like George is. Additionally, Alva and her husband had a more rocky relationship than Bertha and George, as seen by their bitter divorce in 1895. Though there are differences, the similarities in their ambition and drive show a significant connection between Bertha and Alva, and that is just the beginning.
This trend continues in Season 2 as Bertha takes Alva's role in the opera war. After being denied a box seat at the Academy of Music, Bertha champions the Met, working tirelessly to surpass the traditional opera house in grandeur and attendance. Alva was also blocked out of the Academy, inciting a rebellion that led to the Met. This is the natural progression of Mrs. Astor and Bertha's rivalry because Alva and Mrs. Astor's developed this way.
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