The trailer for Starz’s Dangerous Liaisons prequel sets up where and when the story takes place, and introduces Alice Englert as the Marquise de Merteuil and Nicholas Denton as the Vicomte de Valmont. The upcoming drama delves into the initial meeting of the two lovers in the period before the events in Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ classic novel, published in 1782.
The cast also includes Leslie Manville as Marquise de Merteuil, Kosar Ali as Victoire, Carice van Houten as Jacqueline de Montrachet, Hilton Pelser as Gabriel Carrè, and Fisayo Akinade as Chevalier de Saint-Jacques. Michael McElhatton plays Jean de Merteuil, Nathanael Saleh is Azolan, Colette Dalal Tchantcho is Ondine de Valmont, Hakeem Kae-Kazim is Majordome, and Tom Wlaschiha plays Henri de Montrachet.
Harriet Warner (Tell Me Your Secrets) created the series and serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Colin Callender (Playground), Tony Krantz (Flame Ventures), Scott Huff, Bethan Jones, and Christopher Hampton are also on board as executive producers.
Starz’s Dangerous Liaisons premieres on November 6, 2022.
The Plot, Courtesy of Starz:
Dangerous Liaisons is a bold prelude of Laclos’ classic 18th-century novel focusing on the origin story of how his iconic characters, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, met as passionate young lovers in Paris on the eve of the revolution. This modern take on a classic story takes audiences through wonder and terror, beauty and degradation, seduction and deception in pre-revolutionary Paris.
Driven to right the wrongs of their past, the young couple’s survival depends on their skills of seduction and manipulation of not only the French nobility but of each other. Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton portray the notorious lovers: Camille who is taken in by the current Marquise de Merteuil (played by Lesley Manville) navigates her own path in a world of men, using the power of secrets to take back control, and Valmont who will stop at nothing to regain his title that was recently taken from him. Their on-again-off-again love story is the heart of the series. It’s not love… it’s war.
