Emily Blunt Is Out for Revenge in the Trailer for Prime Video's Bloody New Western Series 'The English'
Blunt plays an aristocratic Englishwoman who teams up with a Pawnee ex-cavalry scout in 1890s America.
The last three times that Emily Blunt graced screens, all in 2021, she battled theme park ride-inspired chaos (in Jungle Cruise), monsters that pounce on every sound (in A Quiet Place Part II) and bad Irish accents (in Wild Mountain Thyme). That's quite the trio. The British actor isn't done battling yet, however, as the just-dropped trailer for her new western series The English demonstrates. Her quest here: taking on the old west and getting vengeance.
Since first making a splash in 2004's My Summer of Love and then earning attention in a big way in The Devil Wears Prada a couple of years later, Blunt has amassed a killer resume, spanning everything from The Young Victoria, The Muppets and Looper through to Edge of Tomorrow, Sicario and Mary Poppins Returns. So her involvement alone gives The English a hefty push onto must-see lists, although that's not the six-part Prime Video show's only highlight.
Also helping ensure The English is worth a look: the fact that it hails from writer/director Hugo Blick (The Honourable Woman, Black Earth Rising, The Shadow Line), boasts Blunt as an executive producer as well, and has Greg Brenman (Peaky Blinders) and Colin Wratten (Killing Eve) similarly in producing roles.
And, on-screen, Blunt is joined by Chaske Spencer (Blindspot), Stephen Rea (The Stranger), Valerie Pachner (Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore), Rafe Spall (Trying), Tom Hughes (A Discovery of Witches), Toby Jones (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain), and Ciarán Hinds (Belfast).
As for The English's storyline, Blunt plays an aristocratic Englishwoman — hence the title — named Lady Cornelia Locke, who heads to America in the 1890s with revenge on her mind. Her mission requires teaming up with Pawnee ex-cavalry scout Eli Whipp (Spencer), then making their way across a country that's bloody and violent at every turn, with the new town of Hoxem, Wyoming their ultimate destination.
Also included along the way: musings on race and power, and a series of unsolved murders.
Check out the trailer for The English below:
The English will be available to stream via Prime Video from November 11.
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