Guy Ritchieis continuing his journey from film to TV withMobLand, an upcoming crime thriller series starringPierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, andTom Hardy. It’s a trio of actors that many feel perfectly fit Guy Ritchie’s captivating and charismatic projects. The first trailer for the new series was recently released and showcased the criminal empire run by husband and wife Conrad (Brosnan) and Maeve (Mrren) Harrigan and their complex relationship with their fixer, Harry Da Souza (Hardy).
During an interview with GQ, Brosnan discussed reuniting with Helen Mirren and finally getting to work withTom Hardy onMobLand.“Tom, I’ve been in the greatest admiration of for many years,” Brosnan began. “Both [Tom and Helen Mirren] have a quality of passion and performance, which you want to keep seeing, and they always transform.” Pierce Brosnan revealed he has long admired Tom Hardy’s work, and the pair even have a lot in common. The actor continued:
“We were trained by similar teachers. We went to the same drama school, so we have a passion for this alchemy of acting, I guess, and the madness of it, that, for me, it is just absolutely invigorating.”
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Brosnan plays the patriarch of the Harrigan family. Like almost every powerful family in a Guy Ritchie story, the Harrigan’s acquired their wealth and power through occasionally immoral means. This includes using and mentoring Harry De Souza into doing hisfamily’s dirty business. But Brosnan says Harry and Conrad’s relationship is more complex than its criminal surface. “Within the context of the story, I am a father figure [to his character],” Brosnan explained, continuing:
“And this is a story about a family, a family that is mangled, desperate, charismatic, brutal, wily, unpredictable.”
Guy Ritchie’s ‘MobLand’ Is “Shakespearean”
One of the highlights of a Guy Ritchie project is his intricate and clever wordplay. According to Pierce Brosnan,MobLandwon’t break that trend. In fact, the Irish actor went so far as to callMobLand"Shakespearean." The similarities between Ritchie and the classic British playwright stem from “the vernacular [and] the colloquialisms” they both use. There are also many thematic throughlines from Shakespeare’s most popular works andMobLand.
“The Scottish play, not to name it, but you have a man and a wife who rule a certain kingdom and there’s mistrust. There’s a desperate kind of life involved with violence and wanting to devour anyone who comes into their being.”
MobLandpremieres on Paramount+ on March 30.Alongside Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, and Tom Hardy,MobLandalso stars Paddy Considine, Joanne Groggatt, and Lara Pulver. The official synopsis reads:
“Power is up for grabs as the Harrigans and Stevensons, two warring London crime families, clash in a kill-or-be-killed battle that threatens to topple empires and ruin lives. Caught in the crossfire is Harry Da Souza, the street-smart ‘fixer’ as dangerous as he is handsome, who knows too well where loyalties lie when opposing forces collide. As kingdom goes up against kingdom, lines will be crossed - and the only saving grace is a bet-your-life guarantee: family above everything.”
