If history was taught the way that The Great teaches history, we might be in better shape. The Hulu series doesn’t concern itself with telling a historically accurate biography of Catherine the Great, but it gives us a captivating heroine to root for in the performance by Elle Fanning. While Fanning has grown up almost literally before our eyes, her performance as the Russian empress is bold, sexy, and cunning. At the
Fanning discusses her new Hulu series, TikTok dances, how to perfect the poached egg and her reality TV obsession In late March, Elle Fanning was supposed to go off to Budapest to film The Nightingale, based on Kristin Hannah’s bestselling novel about two sisters struggling to survive in Nazi-occupied France. Her co-star—for the first time since they made plays together at home as toddlers—was meant to be her older sister,
Elle and Nicholas Hoult are featured on the May edition of the Emmy Magazine, check the scans with Elle in our gallery:
Backstage, known for being a source for career advice and casting opportunities, had a Instagram interview with Elle and it’s on their IGTV, check it out: Ver essa foto no Instagram Uma publicação compartilhada por Backstage (@backstagecast) em 21 de Mai, 2020 às 2:27 PDT
The cast of ‘The Great’ reunited via video chat to talk about the show and answer fan questions, watch it below: HUZZAH! The cast of @TheGreatHulu is here to answer your questions about the show. #StreamingDay #DisneyBundle https://t.co/PYPEOneH4Y — Hulu (@hulu) May 20, 2020
Quarantine is bringing out the artistic side of a lot of us with nothing better to do. That’s exactly the case for Hulu costars Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult, who talk about their new historical comedy miniseries, The Great, while sketching each other in our latest episode of Portrait Mode. Fanning (who plays Russian empress Catherine the Great) and Hoult (who plays her lackluster husband, Peter III of Russia) put
On IMDb’s new podcast, ‘Movies That Changed My Life,’ the star of Hulu’s ‘The Great’ opens up on just that — the films she watched growing up that influenced her career. Elle Fanning is allergic the phrase “strong female characters.” That’s what the star of Hulu’s new MRC-produced series The Great explained on the latest episode of IMDb’s newly launched podcast Movies That Changed My Life. “What does that mean?”
“I’m kind of allergic to the term ‘strong female character’,” Elle Fanning says with a knowing smile about playing a famous historical figure who also happens to be a woman. “I don’t really know what that means,” she laughs. “I want to play a human who has many layers, who doesn’t always have the right answer.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Fanning above. “The Great” is an uproarious genre-bending
Watch stars Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult, plus creator Tony McNamara and exec. producer Marian Macgowan, discuss their hilarious, historical take on the rise of Catherine the Great.