‘Mary & George’ star Tony Curran calls raunchy show ‘liberating’: ‘I got into acting to take my clothes off’
nypost.comJulianne Moore. “I was saying to my wife, some of the dialogue that I have, I would open a script and go, ‘My god, it’s such a delight to say some of these lines,’” Curran, 54 (“Ray Donovan,” “The Flash”) told The Post. “Some of the lines were so fruity, so cutting, so naughty — and, so poignant and tender.
The script was full of golden nuggets of dialogue that were fascinating to play.”Created by D.C. Moore (“Killing Eve,”) and premiering April 5 on Starz (9 p.m.), “Mary & George” is set in the 1600s.
Loosely based on a true story, it follows the ruthless and ambitious Mary Villiers (Moore), a former servant who pushes her son, George (Nicholas Galitzine, “Red White and Royal Blue”), to seduce King James I (Curran) – who prefers the company of men – so that mother and son can both rise from humble origins to become power players in the English court. “There was lots that I found fascinating [researching the real King James I], he was one of the first advocates of anti-smoking,” said Curran.“He called it ‘harmful to the lungs, stinking to the nose.’ He wrote a paper on it; the first anti-smoking paper.
And then he found out the economic and fiscal possibilities of tobacco, and that changed his mind!” The show has a slew of salacious scenes.
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