In the trailer for Starz's Dangerous Liaisons series, which is simply a prequel to the caller of the aforesaid name, Camille (Alice Englert) and Valmont (Nicholas Denton) play a tricky game. Watch here!
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Things are looking dangerous.
Starz has released the archetypal trailer for Dangerous Liaisons, a play play based on Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' classic caller of the aforesaid name. But this story, which volition beryllium a prequel, reveals precisely however Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont became lovers—before they destruct each other.
In the teaser, Camille (Alice Englert) and Valmont (Nicholas Denton) are successful emotion and acceptable to beryllium married, but Valmont is besides progressive with the Marquise (Lesley Manville), a almighty fig successful Paris.
"Valmont, archer maine I americium your lone lover," the Marquise asks him during a infinitesimal of passionateness (hint: she's not).
Valmont responds with a lie, saying, "The lone one."
According to the synopsis, the matter sets disconnected an aggravated intersexual crippled betwixt Valmont and Camille, with Valmont stopping "at thing to regain his rubric that was precocious taken from him" while Camille "navigates her ain way successful a satellite of men, utilizing the powerfulness of secrets to instrumentality backmost control." As for everyone other caught up successful this proxy war? The bid volition besides prima Kosar Ali, Carice Van Houten and Hilton Pelser, among others.
In Choderlos de Laclos' novel, the Marquise and Valmont amuse themselves earlier the French Revolution by picking apart others, and ultimately, themselves.
Dangerous Liasions has received a fig of movie adaptations implicit the years, including a 1988 movie of the aforesaid sanction starring Glenn Close and John Malkovich that yet nabbed 3 Academy Awards. The book then got a youthful, modern adaptation with 1999's Cruel Intentions, arsenic Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe playing the leads arsenic wealthy, NYC teens.
Watch each the play spell down when Dangerous Liaisons premieres connected Starz Nov. 6.
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