'His Dark Materials' Star Simone Kirby Joins Apple TV+'s 'The Buccaneers' Drama
His Dark Materials star Simone Kirby has joined the sprawling cast of Apple TV+’s still untitled adaptation of Edith Wharton’s classic The Buccaneers.
Kirby is probably best known to American audiences for her role as scientist Dr. Mary Malone in the second season of HBO’s Phillip Pullman adaptation. Still, she’s also appeared in shows ranging from Peaky Blinders to Silent Witness. Her film credits include Ken Loach’s Jimmy’s Hall, Kenneth Branagh’s Artemis Fowl, and James Bobin’s Alice Through the Looking Glass.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winner’s final unfinished novel, The Buccaneers follows the adventures of a group of wealthy American heiresses on the hunt for respectability and social status among the titled but genteelly impoverished British aristocrats of the late nineteenth century. These young women, often the daughters of nouveau riche families whose riches came from various business ventures rather than inheritance, could provide these land-poor gentlemen with needed cash in return for the classically respectable titles and legitimacy that come with such large estates.
