Ruth Wilson’s currently seen on the big screen playing the love interest of Armie Hammer in the Disney action film The Lone Ranger and now Showtime’s snagged her for a starring role in the television drama, The Affair. Wilson will be playing the lead female role opposite Dominic West (The Wire).
According to Showtime, The Affair‘s a relationship drama that will be told from both the male and female perspectives. The Affair‘s one-hour pilot was written by Hagai Levi and Sarah Treem (House of Cards). Levi and Treem previously worked together on In Treatment.
The Plot:
The Affair is an intense and intimate exploration of two marriages and an affair that disrupts them – with all of the complex consequences that result. will play the role of Alison, a young married woman, working in a pancake house, trying to piece her life back together in the wake of a tragedy.
West stars as Noah, a father of four, who makes Ruth question the choices she’s made, and wonder whether there’s a way to start all over again.
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