‘The Age of Innocence’ Announces New Cast and Character Descriptions

‘The Age of Innocence’ adds additional cast (Photos Courtesy of Netflix)

Netflix’s The Age of Innocence has expanded to include new series regulars Fiona Glascott (Fantastic Beasts), Belinda Bromilow (The Great), and Emma Shipp (Rivals). The upcoming limited series is based on Edith Wharton’s critically acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize winning novel and is being adapted by Emma Frost (The White Queen). 

The streamer also announced Hayley Mills (Trap), Ryan Morgan (Mix Tape), Will Tudor (Industry), John Light (Around The World in 80 Days), Steven Pacey (MobLand), Kel Matsena (Mad Heidi), and Lucia Balordi (A Testa Alta) have boarded in supporting roles.  Elly Roberts (Sex Education), Jack Cutmore-Scott (Buffy), Anna Madeley (1949), and Michael Cochrane (Downton Abbey) also joined in supporting roles.

The newcomers join previously announced series regulars Camila Morrone, Kristine Froseth, Ben Radcliffe, and Margot Martindale.

The Age of Innocence Series Regulars:

• Fiona Glascott as Augusta Welland, May’s mother; maternal, loving, and traditional.
• Belinda Bromilow as Adeline Archer, Newland’s mother, an independent, well-informed widow who prefers solitude.
• Emma Shipp as Janey Archer, Newland’s sister who is unmarried but desperately wants to change that.
• Camila Morrone as Ellen Olenska, May’s intelligent and independent cousin, who returns to New York after a failed marriage to Count Stanislas Olenski, a Polish nobleman. A free spirit who is playful, smart, and strong-willed, yet carries conflict and guilt surrounding her new position in society.
• Kristine Froseth as May Welland is a kind and genuine woman who is a product of her class in society. Traditional, a rule follower, and believer in the status quo, but not without rebellion.
• Ben Radcliffe as Newland Archer is a handsome, progressive, and intelligent society gentleman. Newland craves a deeper and more passionate connection to the world and someone in it.
• Margot Martindale as Mrs. Manson-Mingott, May and Ellen’s grandmother, who is entertaining, scurrilous, defiant, capricious, and stubborn.

The Age of Innocence Supporting Roles:

• Hayley Mills as Louisa Van Der Luyden, Adeline’s cousin who is an influential and regal member of New York society.
• Ryan Morgan as Lawrence Lefferts, Newland’s snide yet sociable friend.
• Will Tudor as Sillerton Jackson, Friend of Newland who is lofty and a gossip with secrets of his own.
• John Light as Mr. Lovell Mingott, May’s and Ellen’s uncle who is moral, pious, and community-minded.
• Steven Pacey as Judge John Welland, May’s father. Augusta’s husband. Ellen’s uncle. A judge. He is learned, frail, accomplished, absent, selfish, and unemotional.
• Kel Matsena as Ned Winsett, A working-class hero who is a friend of Newland and editor at a radical women’s magazine.
• Lucia Balordi as Nastasia, Ellen’s ladies’ maid who has become a close friend and confidante.
• Elly Roberts as Edith Mingott, sweet and unassuming cousin to May and Ellen.
• Jack Cutmore-Scott as Julius Beaufort, an arrogant new-money banker at the center of New York society with an interest in Ellen.
• Anna Madeley as Aunt Medora, Ellen’s lively, amoral aunt and former guardian.
  Michael Cochrane as Henry Van Der Luyden. A descendant from British royalty, he is regal, removed, old-fashioned, and a cousin of Adeline Archer. 

“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,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “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?”

Emma Frost created the series and serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Additional executive producers include Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Tracey Cook, Shannon Murphy, and Pavlina Hatoupis. Shannon Murphy directs the first three episodes and serves as an executive producer. Lisa Bruhlmann and Natalia Leite are also on board as directors.

 

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