Marcia Gay Harden had some interpretive freedom regarding Mathilde, the strong-willed innkeeper she plays in “Barkskins,” Nat Geo’s new historical drama set in 1690s New France.
The Monday-night series, co-starring David Thewlis (“Big Mouth,” “Fargo”), is based on Annie Proulx’s 2016 novel and is set in Wobik, a small settlement in what’s now the Canadian province of Quebec.
It tracks the battles between the French and English to establish dominance over the rugged, sparsely inhabited territory — with Jesuit priests trying to convert the indigenous population and King Louis of France sending indentured young women to populate the region.
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