Netflix today announced that Fiona Glascott (Julia, Brooklyn, Fantastic Beasts), Belinda Bromilow (The Great, The Roses) and Emma Shipp (Rivals, What it Feels Like For a Girl) have joined the cast of the new limited-series adaptation of Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer-prize winning novel The Age of Innocence as series regulars.
Additional cast announced include: Hayley Mills (Trap, Arthur’s Whisky), Ryan Morgan (Mix Tape, The Mongoose), Will Tudor (Industry, Wolf Hall), John Light (Around The World in 80 Days, Showtrial), Steven Pacey (Mobland, Nuremberg), Kel Matsena (Mad Heidi, Mix Tape), Lucia Balordi (A Testa Alta), Elly Roberts (Sex Education, Black Cake), Jack Cutmore-Scott (Buffy, Frasier), Anna Madeley (1949 – upcoming, All Creatures Great, Small) and Michael Cochrane (Downton Abbey, Sharpe).
Previously announced cast include: Camila Morrone (Daisy Jones and The Six, Death Wish) as Ellen Olenska, Kristine Froseth (The Buccaneers, Looking for Alaska) as May Welland, Ben Radcliffe (Masters of the Air, Anatomy of a Scandal) as Newland Archer, and Margo Martindale (The Chicken Sisters, August: Osage County) as Mrs. Manson-Mingott May and Ellen’s grandmother.
The logline for The Age of Innocence reads, “Based on Edith Wharton’s classic novel of forbidden love in 19th century New York, The Age Of Innocence is a passionate and heart-rending will-they/won’t-they love triangle exploring themes of freedom, duty, identity and love in all its forms. This fresh take is true to Wharton’s novel but will speak to a new generation as we traverse the ballrooms and bedrooms of these young people, asking the question what is love — and what is lust? And should we ultimately be driven by our heads or by our hearts?”
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