Exclusive: The Chronicles of Narnia and Westworld star Ben Barnes is to star in BBC One drama Gold Digger.
British actor Barnes, who also starred in Netflix’s Marvel series The Punisher, will star opposite Legends of the Fall and Temple Grandin star Julia Ormond in the emotional thriller. It is his first role for the BBC in more than a decade.
Barnes plays Benjamin Golding, the thirty something copyrighter with a shrouded past who becomes involved with an older woman Julia Day, played by Ormond. In the six-part drama, which was written and created by Marnie Dickens (Thirteen), Ormond’s Day, a mother and a wife who has spent her whole life putting the needs of others before herself, falls in love with Golding, a man 25 years her junior. It looks at how their unconventional relationship impacts her family as the secrets of their past are revealed and investigates...
British actor Barnes, who also starred in Netflix’s Marvel series The Punisher, will star opposite Legends of the Fall and Temple Grandin star Julia Ormond in the emotional thriller. It is his first role for the BBC in more than a decade.
Barnes plays Benjamin Golding, the thirty something copyrighter with a shrouded past who becomes involved with an older woman Julia Day, played by Ormond. In the six-part drama, which was written and created by Marnie Dickens (Thirteen), Ormond’s Day, a mother and a wife who has spent her whole life putting the needs of others before herself, falls in love with Golding, a man 25 years her junior. It looks at how their unconventional relationship impacts her family as the secrets of their past are revealed and investigates...
- 8/20/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Julia Ormond is making her British TV debut.
The Sabrina and Legends of the Fall film star has nabbed the lead role of Julia Day in the BBC drama Gold Digger.
Ormond's character is a mother who has spent her whole life putting the needs of others before herself, only to fall in love with a man 25 years her junior. Gold Digger will explore impact of Day's unconventional relationship on her family, and the secrets of the past revealed.
The six-parter is written and created by Marnie Dickens (Thirteen) and produced by Mainstreet Pictures. "I'm thrilled ...
The Sabrina and Legends of the Fall film star has nabbed the lead role of Julia Day in the BBC drama Gold Digger.
Ormond's character is a mother who has spent her whole life putting the needs of others before herself, only to fall in love with a man 25 years her junior. Gold Digger will explore impact of Day's unconventional relationship on her family, and the secrets of the past revealed.
The six-parter is written and created by Marnie Dickens (Thirteen) and produced by Mainstreet Pictures. "I'm thrilled ...
Exclusive: Legends of the Fall and Temple Grandin star Julia Ormond is to star in BBC One drama Gold Digger.
The lead role is Ormond’s first in a British television series, having recently starred in Howards End and having started her career starring in shows such as Traffik and The Ruth Rendell Mysteries.
In the six-part drama, which was written and created by Marnie Dickens (Thirteen), Ormond will play Julia Day, a mother and a wife who has spent her whole life putting the needs of others before herself. It tells the story of how, as a 60-year old woman, she falls in love with Benjamin, a man 25 years her junior. It looks at how their unconventional relationship impacts her family as the secrets of their past are revealed and investigates whether Benjamin is really the gold digger that they think he is.
The series is produced by ITV-owned Mainstreet Pictures.
The lead role is Ormond’s first in a British television series, having recently starred in Howards End and having started her career starring in shows such as Traffik and The Ruth Rendell Mysteries.
In the six-part drama, which was written and created by Marnie Dickens (Thirteen), Ormond will play Julia Day, a mother and a wife who has spent her whole life putting the needs of others before herself. It tells the story of how, as a 60-year old woman, she falls in love with Benjamin, a man 25 years her junior. It looks at how their unconventional relationship impacts her family as the secrets of their past are revealed and investigates whether Benjamin is really the gold digger that they think he is.
The series is produced by ITV-owned Mainstreet Pictures.
- 8/2/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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