‘History Of A Pleasure Seeker’: Crystal Yu to Star In Hulu Pilot
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Crystal Hu is joining the Hulu musical pilot History of a Pleasure Seeker.Hu will play Zhen Zhao, who was born in Shanghai and sold into a Geisha house in Tokyo.
She fled to the West in her teens and and is now Europe’s leading beautician, with her skills in body transformation second to none.The project, which is based on Richard Mason’s 2012 novel, is a musical drama set in Amsterdam in 1907 — a tale of a charismatic young man’s explosive adventures through all the temptations of the Belle Époque.
It follows follows Piet Barol, who has an instinctive appreciation for pleasure and a gift for finding it. When his mother dies, Piet applies for a job as tutor to the troubled son of Europe’s leading hotelier – a child who refuses to leave his family’s mansion on one of Amsterdam’s grandest canals.
As Piet enters this glittering world, he learns its secrets and finds his life transformed.Crystal’s recent credits include a special guest appearance on Doctor Who and a recurring role on Silverpoint.
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