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The Great: Created by Tony McNamara. With Elle Fanning, Phoebe Fox, Gwilym Lee, Adam Godley. A royal woman living in rural Russia during the 18th century is forced to choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia, when she marries an Emperor.
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- 2020-05-15
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2020 -2023. 3 Seasons. HULU. Comedy. TVMA. Watchlist. Where to Watch. A satirical comedy about the life of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest reigning female ruler in Russia's...
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The Great (titled onscreen as The Great: An Occasionally True Story and in one episode as The Great: An Almost Entirely Untrue Story) is a historical fiction and satirical comedy-drama television series very loosely based on the rise to power of Empress Catherine the Great of Russia.
- Elle Fanning as Catherine
- Nicholas Hoult as Peter
- Phoebe Fox as Marial
- Sacha Dhawan as Orlo
- Charity Wakefield as Georgina “George”
- Gwilym Lee as Grigor
- Adam Godley as Archie
- Douglas Hodge as Velementov
- Belinda Bromilow as Elizabeth
- Bayo Gbadamosi as Arkady
Elle Fanning plays Catherine, based on Catherine the Great, Russia’s longest-reigning female leader who was the Empress of Russia from 1762 until 1796. In The Great season 1, Catherine was married to Peter having never met him before and, after becoming frustrated with his poor leadership of Russia and the way that he treated herself and others, sh...
Nicolas Hoult plays Peter. He is based on a strange amalgamation of Peter II, the son of Peter the Great, and Peter III, who became the Emperor of Russia for six months before being couped by Catherine. In The Great cast, Peter reveled in his power, slept with most of the court, and killed whomever he pleased. In The Great season 2, his power has b...
Phoebe Fox plays Marial, a figure invented for The Great cast. Marial had lost her position as a noble and was forced to work as a maid for Catherine, helping to plant the seed of couping Peter in her mind. In The Great season 2, Marial regained her title but was changed by her experiences working for the nobility and struggles with split loyalties...
Orlo, played by Sacha Dhawan is loosely based on Grigory Orlov, a military leader who led the coup against Peter III and became one of Catherine the Great’s many lovers. In The Great cast, the bookish Orlo is persuaded to help Catherine to coup Peter and provides guidance on how to get the Russian people on her side and to implement gradual progres...
George, played by Charity Wakefield, was a member of Peter's court and technically supported him, but is ultimately most interested in saving herself. She is married to Grigor but continues a public affair with Peter, which Grigor struggles with repeatedly. She was also one of the first people in Peter's court to treat Catherine kindly, which helpe...
Gwilym Lee plays Grigor, Peter’s best friend and husband to George. After attempting to kill Peter by poisoning him in The Great season 1, he had a change of heart and continued to support the emperor. When Peter became a prisoner, Grigor was one of the few people allowed to spend time with him, and he continued to offer him emotional support and w...
Archie, played by Adam Godley, is not based on a specific historical figure in The Great but rather represents the power that the church played in Russian Rule. Archie begins in The Great cast as an archbishop but becomes the Patriarch of the church and is consistently opposed to Catherine. However, he is also keen to save his own skin and willing ...
Velementov, played by Douglas Hodge, is a stand-in figure for the historical importance of the military to Russian governance. Originally portrayed as a drunk and a failure under Peter’s rule, The Great season 1 worked to humanize the character by explaining that his drinking was his way of coping with the men that he had lost in battle. The Great ...
Belinda Bromilow plays Peter’s Aunt Elizabeth and another central character in The Great cast who is concretely based on a real person. Elizabeth Petrovna was Peter III’s aunt and was his predecessor as Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762 when she was succeeded by her nephew, Peter III, who she had chosen as she was unmarried and ch...
Bayo Gbadamosi plays Arkady. In The Great cast, Arkady was part of Peter’s inner circle, but he and his wife, Tatyana, always played second fiddle to Grigor and George. In The Great season 2, Arkady was keen to get Peter reinstated as emperor and fears for what will happen to him if Catherine eventually kills Peter. He also hates Catherine because ...
A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia.
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