THE ENGLISH - CHASKE SPENCER and HUGO BLICK INTERVIEW

Get ready for a Wild West adventure you won’t want to miss!

The English is an epic chase Western, from award-winning writer and director Hugo Blick (The Honourable Woman, Black Earth Rising, The Shadow Line). The series takes the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a uniquely compelling parable on race, power, and love. An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Cornelia Locke (Blunt), and a Pawnee ex-cavalry scout, Eli Whipp (Spencer), come together in 1890 middle America to cross a violent landscape built on dreams and blood. Both of them have a clear sense of their destiny, but neither is aware that it is rooted in a shared past. They must face increasingly terrifying obstacles that will test them to their limits, physically and psychologically. But as each obstacle is overcome, it draws them closer to their ultimate destination—the new town of Hoxem, Wyoming. It is here, after an investigation by the local sheriff Robert Marshall (Stephen Rea, The Shadow Line) and young widow Martha Myers (Valerie Pachner, A Hidden Life) into a series of bizarre and macabre unsolved murders, that the full extent of their intertwined history will be truly understood, and they will come face-to-face with the future they must live. The series’ ensemble cast includes Rafe Spall (The Salisbury Poisonings), Tom Hughes (A Discovery of Witches), Toby Jones (Marvellous), and Ciarán Hinds (The Terror).

Indigenous actor and advocate Chaske Spencer will next star opposite Emily Blunt in Hugo Blick's limited series THE ENGLISH (Amazon/BBC).  On the feature side, he stars in WILD INDIAN which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, and for which Chaske has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the 2022 Independent Spirit Awards.  Chaske is also well known for his portrayal of ‘Sam Uley’ in the Twilght Saga: New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn I and II. Chaske also stars in the upcoming Marvel series ECHO.

Hugo Blick is a multi-award-winning writer, director and producer. Previous productions include the Golden Globe, Peabody, BAFTA and Royal Television Society winning THE HONOURABLE WOMAN. The series starred Maggie Gyllenhaal (who received a Golden Globe for Leading Actress in a Limited Series) and Stephen Rea (who received a BAFTA for Supporting Actor). It was further nominated for four Primetime Emmys, (including Director and Writer), along with many other national and international accolades.

The English The Limited Series Premieres Friday, November 11th On Prime Video

 I spoke with star Chaske Spencer and writer/Director Hugo Blick about the series.