Drama

Starz Announces Cast for Upcoming 'Dangerous Liaisons' Prequel

Lacy Baugher Milas

16 Jun 2021 — 2 min read

Cable network Starz has announced the cast for its upcoming Dangerous Liaisons prequel, a series that aims to tell the origin stories of the characters at the heart of the 1998 Academy Award-winning film starring Glenn Close and John Malkovich.

According to Starz, this new Dangerous Liaisons is a bold reimagining of the iconic characters from Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ classic 18th century novel and tells the origin story of how the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont meet as passionate young lovers in Paris on the eve of revolution. Driven to right the wrongs of their past, we follow the couple as they rise from the slums of Paris and scale the heights of the French aristocracy, seducing and manipulating both the nobility and each other to survive.

Beautiful Creatures' Alice Englert stars as Camille, a beautiful young woman from nowhere with a mysterious past who seeks revenge on the wealthy aristocrats who led her to ruin. Betrayed by her lover, Valmont, she turns heartbreak into empowerment as she strategizes to gain status, power, and freedom.

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