The White Lotus actress Haley Lu Richardson is ready to star in Peacock’s espionage thriller Ponies, becoming a member of beforehand introduced Emilia Clarke in a collection common position.
Peacock has just lately ordered Ponies straight to collection, with Clarke set to play the position of Bea. It’s co-created by Susanna Fogel (The Spy Who Dumped Me) and David Iserson (Mr. Robotic).
Along with starring, Clarke will function one of many government producers alongside Jessica Rhoades (Station Eleven), Fogel, and Iserson, with Katherine Bridle and Alison Mo Massey as co-executive producers.
What’s Ponies about?
Based on Deadline, Richardson can be taking part in Twila, “a small-town lady who’s as abrasive as she is fearless.” The upcoming spy thriller will observe two Ponies (individuals of no curiosity) as they work collectively to unravel a Chilly Conflict conspiracy.
“Moscow, 1977. Two “PONIES” (“individuals of no curiosity” in intelligence converse) work anonymously as secretaries within the American Embassy. That’s till their husbands are killed beneath mysterious circumstances within the USSR, and the pair grow to be CIA operatives,” the collection description reads. “Bea (Clarke) is an over-educated, Russian-speaking baby of Soviet immigrants. Her cohort, Twila, is a small-town lady who’s as abrasive as she is fearless. Collectively, they work to uncover an unlimited Chilly Conflict conspiracy and clear up the thriller that made them widows within the first place.”
Richardson is understood for her performances in The Final Survivors, The Younger Kieslowski, The Fringe of Seventeen, Break up, Columbus, Operation Finale, Assist the Women, 5 Toes Aside, The Chaperone, Unpregnant, Montana Story, and After Yang.
She most just lately starred as Hadley Sullivan reverse Ben Hardy’s Oliver Jones in Netflix’s rom-com Love at First Sight.
Clarke, then again, is finest recognized for her position as Daenerys Targaryen in Sport of Thrones. Her different credit embrace Spike Island, Dom Hemingway, Terminator Genisys, Me Earlier than You, Voice from the Stone, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Above Suspicion, Final Christmas, Secret Invasion, and The Pod Technology.
Ponies is produced by Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group.