Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Tom Riley | ... | Leonardo Da Vinci | |
Laura Haddock | ... | Lucrezia Donati | |
Blake Ritson | ... | Girolamo Riario | |
Elliot Cowan | ... | Lorenzo Medici | |
Lara Pulver | ... | Clarice Orsini | |
James Faulkner | ... | Pope Sixtus IV | |
David Schofield | ... | Piero da Vinci | |
Tom Bateman | ... | Giuliano Medici | |
Gregg Chillin | ... | Zoroaster | |
Allan Corduner | ... | Verrocchio | |
Michael Elwyn | ... | Gentile Becchi | |
Elliot Levey | ... | Francesco Pazzi | |
Eros Vlahos | ... | Nico | |
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Ted Allpress | ... | Young Leonardo Da Vinci |
Iain Mitchell | ... | Cicco |
Bechhi is accused of spying for Rome and arrested; Leonardo unveils his latest weapon; Florence's army squares off with Rome's. At a party in his honor, Leonardo is arrested for sodomy.
Well, I gather this is a free interpretation of Leonardo's adventures and misadventures, perhaps with the intent of reaching younger audiences more in tune with super heroes mishaps, and with plenty of explosions and special effects.
If by any chance this show gets you get interested in researching the life and works of that truly Renaissance man, fine by me.
As an entertainment hook, I guess the whole series is no big deal, but anyway, I'll continue watching it, if only because of Hera Hilmar.
Something else: my native tongue is not english and I find sometimes difficult to understand the actors' discourse. It should be a must for this series performers (and others as well) to pronounce the language in a fashion that everybody can discern the talking.
So help me God!