Will Thorne Staff WriterTake Peter III of Russia for instance, played by Nicholas Hoult in Hulu’s “The Great.” Peter is the son of one of Russia’s greatest emperors and a mother who refused to love him.
The result is someone who is “psychologically scarred” and “deeply insecure,” as Hoult puts it.“Peter is completely a product of his environment,” Hoult says. “He is someone who is basically a child put in this position of power, and he doesn’t really understand it.
He just wants to have fun, but he has fully grasped what his position is or how to run the country.”Peter can be sweet and caring toward his wife, Catherine (Elle Fanning), in one moment, and then violent the next.
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