‘Gunpowder’ Trailer: Kit Harington Leads The Guy Fawkes Drama
The story of Guy Fawkes is about to get thesexymelodrama treatment, folks.Kit Haringtonstars inGunpowder, a gritty new drama based upon the famous Gunpowder plot of 1605, wherein Guy Fawkes and a group of English Catholics planned to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I. TheGunpowdertrailer give us a look at this new, dirt-caked drama in all itsGame of Thrones-ish glory.
Kit Harington is jumping fromGame of ThronestoGunpowder, a new HBO three-part miniseries focused on the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. Harington leads a cast that includesPeter Mullan,Mark Gatiss,Derek RiddellandLiv Tyler, using the same whispery accent she used in theLord of the Ringsfilms. Let’s take a look at theGunpowdertrailer, shall we?
Gunpowder Trailer
While Guy Fawkes has become the name synonymous with the Gunpowder plot, especially afterV for Vendettafirmly brought the story into the pop culture lexicon, Fawkes himself was a minor player in the scheme. The real leader was Robert Catesby, which is who Harington is playing. Here’s what noted historianWikipediahas to say about the Gunpowder Plot:
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby. Although anti-Catholic legislation was introduced soon after the plot’s discovery, many important and loyal Catholics retained high office during King James I’s reign. The thwarting of the Gunpowder Plot was commemorated for many years afterwards by special sermons and other public events such as the ringing of church bells, which have evolved into the Bonfire Night of today.
