The series "The Kingdom" by the American TV channel CW least like a historical drama and falls short only to the costume party in the scenery of the XVI century for teenagers and their parents.

Strong bonds of dynastic marriage

In the yard in 1557, Queen of Scots, Mary (Adelaide Kane), a child hiding in a monastery, far too many at home and abroad as hungry for her death. It's time to go to the court of her future husband Prince Francis (Toby rugby), heir to the French throne, with whom Mary betrothed for years.

The political marriage should strengthen the precarious position of France, and to influence the situation in Scotland and there are those who give up everything that he has not taken place. Young queen will face betrayal, palace intrigues, and poison in the wine. She also wants to love and be loved her future husband, but she would have to go through the school of survival at court, where dominates one of the most powerful women in the history of Catherine de Medici (Megan Follows).

A fairy tale for adults

The idea of ​​the series "Kingdom" by the famous writer and producer Laurie McCarthy. She has worked on a number of serial dramas, including "Ghost Whisperer" and «CSI: Miami." In early 2013 the channel CW ordered the shooting of the pilot episode. The pilot liked the order expanded to a full first season, and allocate space for the broadcast schedule including prime autumn.

CW TV channel focused on youth and women's audience, the list of the best projects of the channel "Supernatural" and "Vampire Diaries." "Kingdom" is written and photographed so that both resemble a love story and horror story. The series for easy viewing without requiring the viewer to delve into the essence sunk into the past traditions and nuances of behavior accepted in the XVI century.

The relationship with the history of the authors of the "kingdom" is that to call it historical drama is a delusion. The scenario is a fiction written based on certain events, it is necessary to consider that it does not coincide with them in chronological order and allows himself a free interpretation of the characters used.

The series, which are working on the creation of such writers as Laurie McCarthy, Stephanie Sengupta, Drew Lindo, internal logic is not much different from drama school. Life at the court of the French king recalls the adventures of young boys and girls, who walk in the blood hormones. These boys and girls are going to a costume party to escape from the monotony of everyday life, and at this ball, they play the role of the selected characters, limiting information gleaned about them from Wikipedia. They behave in this case, as the children of the new century, not even trying to understand the image.

Children and their parents

One of the central figures in the series is the Queen Catherine de Medici, played by Megan Follows. Follows from his colleagues on the set, he has an idea of ​​who is playing, though, and selects the role of a troubled mother and only after, gray eminence, standing behind the king. Rossif Sutherland, who plays the Queen's chief advisor, healer and soothsayer Nostradamus also served one-sided. His gaze and words can not feel the mystic forces that glorified him in the centuries ahead. He is devoted to the queen and clever, but easy for humans, gifted ability to see the future.

The role of the Queen Mary received the actress Adelaide Kane, who had appeared in other youth series "wolf cub." The "wolf" Kane felt comfortable, but the main role in the historical drama turned out she was not on the shoulder, it is not no passion, no grace. Mary, in her performance, behaved naively and unwisely, can not learn from your mistakes, keep yourself in hand. For a girl, a child under threat of death, bearing the burden of the future Queen, this behavior is unacceptable. However, the honor of the Queen even less is consistent with the young noblewoman era when France still rules the religion.

The series also stars Torrance Coombs, Celina Cindy Stacy Caitlin, Anna Popplewell, Alan Van Sprang, Anna Walton, Rossif Sutherland and many others.

Currently in the United States kicked off the show the second season of "The Kingdom", which, in spite of the historical negligence, is loved by the audience and fan support.

Anna Chizh

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