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The
eight-episode show, which premiered in London on Wednesday, is
based on the best-selling 2016 novel of the same name by authors
Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows.
Lady Jane Grey, a studious teen, succeeded her cousin King
Edward VI to the crown in 1553 but was dethroned by his
half-sister Mary just nine days later and beheaded the following
year, aged 16 or 17.
The show gives Jane a new lease of life and reimagines her
relationships with her family, husband Lord Guildford Dudley and
the court. It also adds colorful fantasy elements to the Tudor
world.
"It's a young heroine coming of age in a world that doesn't want
her to have any power. And then she gets all the power," Gemma
Burgess, the show's creator, co-showrunner and executive
producer said at the series' London premiere.
"We wanted to make a female forward action-adventure
swashbuckling romp that everyone can enjoy," Burgess said.
American actress Emily Bader, who plays Jane, said taking on the
title role was "an amazing challenge" and an honor.
"When I found out that it could be me, all my dreams kind of
came true," Bader said.
"She is the perfect image of the damsel in distress figure in
history and I love that we're subverting those tropes, we're
giving her a 'what if' scenario, letting her have the
opportunity to maybe make a better future for herself which she
never had the chance to."
The show's large ensemble cast includes actors Rob Brydon, who
plays Lord Dudley, Anna Chancellor as Jane's mother Lady Frances
Grey and Dominic Cooper in the role of Lord Seymour.
"I think that lovers of the book will love this show because
what Gemma and (co-showrunner) Meredith (Glynn) have done is
taken it, which is such incredible source material, and just
expanded it," Bader said. "We have new characters, new
relationships, new environments, new drama. And we've aged them
up a bit, so it's a bit sexy."
"My Lady Jane" starts streaming on Prime Video globally on June
27.
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala; Editing by Sonali Paul)
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