“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 as Nicholas Hoult and Elle Fanning reveal who’s “most likely to…”

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.

‘The Great’ is out on Hulu! Are you liking it so far? We’ve added lots of stills and promotional pictures from the show in the gallery, check those below:

Warning: This article contains spoilers about The Great. Disembodied heads, men in bear suits, and outrageous love scenes were all in a day’s work for Elle Fanning on the set of her new Hulu series The Great (now streaming). In it, she plays the eponymous young Catherine the Great, the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, as she plots to overthrow her husband, the mercurial Emperor Peter (Nicholas Hoult). Created by

There’s something to be said, given all Catherine the Great did in her lifetime as the late 18th-century ruler of Russia, that the unfortunate bestiality rumor — you know, the one about the horse — remains. “Fake news,” said Elle Fanning on the Variety After Show, presented by National Geographic, on Instagram Live. “It’s pretty sad [that] this extraordinary, almost — dare I say — first feminist icon has been

The stars of the new TV miniseries about Catherine the Great, ‘The Great’, already have a great deal of experience behind them, even though they’re still pretty young. Nicholas Hoult and Elle Fanning both started out as child actors — Hoult made his first film when he was just 7 years old, while Fanning made her debut at age 3! Now that they’ve both made it to adulthood while maintaining

Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult talk to ET’s Katie Krause about their new Hulu series, ‘The Great,’ which premiered May 15. Elle also opens up about starring opposite sister Dakota in their new movie, ‘The Nightingale’ and how this pandemic has affected production.

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation recently had a panel with Elle moderated by Mara Webster. Watch it below: