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The Decameron, Netflix’s new show about a group of 14th century Italians—both nobles and working class folk—who are hunkered down together at the fancy countryside Villa Santa to wait out ...
In August 2022, Netflix announced that it had ordered a television series loosely inspired by the 14th-century short stories of The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. The series was created by showrunner Kathleen Jordan, and Jenji Kohan would executive produce with Jordan. Michael Uppendahl was set to direct four of the eight episodes. [3]
In 2017, he played Sunny Blandford in The Crown. The following year he played Charles Quigley in historical drama Harlots. He later played Aleksandr Yuvchenko in historical drama Chernobyl. [4] [5] He had a role in 2021 Cush Jumbo-led television series The Beast Must Die. [6] [7] He appeared in the 2022 Lena Dunham film Catherine Called Birdy. [8]
On television, he is known for his roles in the ITV drama Beecham House (2019), the Disney+ series Willow (2022), the Roku comedy Slip (2023), and the Netflix series The Decameron (2024). His films include Dashcam (2021). He is a member of the band Strong Asian Mothers and the directing collective Tom & Amar.
Before there were single-location concept shows or Zoom table reads, there was the original pandemic-adjacent entertainment: Bocaccio’s “The Decameron,” the 14th-century anthology framed ...
Upon arriving at the villa, the party finds their host absent but his accommodating steward (the great Tony Hale) and surly, noble-hating cook (Leila Farzad, a highlight of the season’s second ...
The state is almost completely absent in 'The Decameron. The characters don't exactly handle this responsibility well. Review: A Medieval Black Comedy With No Monarch
Canadian actor, most noteworthy for being a cast member on SCTV and Saturday Night Live [4] January 12 William Peter Blatty: 89 American Oscar-winning screenwriter and author/novelist whose best-selling thriller novel The Exorcist became the basis for the franchise that included the film and TV series. [5] January 13 Dick Gautier: 85