Few emerging actors can pull off an intense, innocuous stare like Anya Taylor-Joy, and so she obviously found a chess prodigy. Taylor-Joy stars in Netflix’s new limited series The Gambit of the Queen, based on Walter Tevis ‘1983 novel, which follows an orphan in late’ 50s Kentucky named Beth Harmon, who discovers she has an incredible talent for chess. She also developed an addiction to tranquilizers, which were then used as a sedative for children. “Haunted by her personal demons and fueled by a cocktail of narcotics and obsession,” according to a Netflix synopsis, “Beth transforms into an impressively capable and glamorous extinct, while determined to conquer the traditional boundaries of the male-dominated world. of competitive chess. ”
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Scott Frank, fan Logan en Goddeleas, co-produced, co-produced, directed and wrote the series, with Allan Scott co-producing and performing, and William Horberg co-producing. The rest of the cast includes director Marielle Heller as housewife who takes Beth as an adopted daughter, Game of Thrones‘Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Beth’s chess competitor, Moses Ingram as an orphan who befriends Beth, Harry Melling as another chess player, and Bill Camp as a housekeeper who introduces Beth to the game.
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Taylor-Joy, who was recently seen in Regency England in Emma. – and appears in New mutants, who somehow comes to theaters after an extensive set delay – has apparently studied the subject of her character in depth in the process of recording the series. “I learned more about chess than I ever thought in my life!” Taylor-Joy told Vulture in a statement. “I love a challenge and it gave me such a sense of accomplishment. I fell in love with the game. That was my most important adjustment because I spend a lot of time in the minds of my characters and that’s where my research comes from me.It’s about understanding them, but of course, when you play chess, you really need to know the rules of the game and you need to know what you’re talking about.That I have a lot of really niche- knowledge of chess, now that I’m very proud. “You can see how Taylor-Joy uses that chess knowledge when The Gambit of the Queen premiered on October 23rd.
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