Apple TV+ today revealed via an Instagram video that Leighton Meester has officially joined the season two cast of The Buccaneers, the acclaimed drama inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel of the same name.
Season one premiered in November 2023 and followed young American girls who moved to London in the 1870s kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash. Now, the Buccaneers are no longer the invaders England is their home. In fact they’re practically running the place. Nan is the Duchess of Tintagel, the most influential woman in the country. Conchita is Lady Brightlingsea, heroine to a wave of young American heiresses. And Jinny is on every front-page, wanted for the kidnap of her unborn child. All of the girls have been forced to grow up and now have to fight to be heard, as they wrestle with romance, lust, jealousy, births and deaths… themes consuming all women of any age, no matter what year it is. Last time we got a taste of England.
The Buccaneers‘ ensemble cast includes Kristine Frøseth (Looking for Alaska) as Nan St. George, Alisha Boe (13 Reasons Why) as Conchita Closson, Josie Totah (Saved by the Bell) as Mabel Elmsworth, Aubri Ibrag (Dive Club) as Lizzy Elmsworth, Imogen Waterhouse (The Outpost) as Jinny St. George, Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) as Mrs. St. George, Mia Threapleton (Shadows)as Honoria Marable, Guy Remmers (Lessons) as Theo, Matthew Broome (Scandaltown) as Guy Thwarte, Josh Dylan (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) as Lord Richard Marable, and Barney Fishwick (Living) as Lord James Seadown.
_