'The Bastard Executioner' Cast News, Update: Cast Member Likens New Drama to Kurt Sutter's 'Sons of Anarchy'
Kurt Sutter, creator of FX's hit biker drama "Sons of Anarchy," will be setting his small screen action drama back to the earlier, brutal days of Wales in "The Bastard Executioner."
The new show, which stars Lee Jones as the titular character named Wilkin Brattle, is now ready to kick off its 10-part freshman season this Tuesday at 10 p.m. and viewers might not still have the deepest understanding of the series other than knowing that it would be set during the medieval days.
Who could better explain it than one of the show's cast members, Stephen Moyer? The actor, who plays Milius Corbett, recently sat down with Entertainment Weekly to impart his thoughts about the "Bastard."
According to him, fans of SoA will totally relate to the new Sutter brainchild as "there's definitely connections" between the two.
"…you see rhythms within his storytelling, which lead to Shakespearean tragedy in the same way that Sons was Hamlet with leathers. There were definitely traces of that within it," he said (via EW).
Giving additional hints of the similarity, the 45-year-old shared a picture of him in his character's garb, riding on a horse and saying: "This is my Harley Davidson."
Speaking further, this time about his character, Moyer said that Corbett is basically Brattle's "nemesis." Most specifically, his role is that of a "soldier who has elevated himself within the ranks of a position of power within the castle." Corbett serves as the "right hand to Lord Ventris [Brian F. O'Byrne]."
Sutter earlier dished out the unity of the theme between SoA and Bastard. During his conversation with NYDailyNews.com, he said that what he did with Charlie Hunnam's Jax Teller in the former show, he did with Jones'.
"Yes, it's the same thing I did with Jax," Sutter explained (via NyDaily). "The show is an ensemble, but you have one singular character whose journey and relationships drive the story."
Stay tuned for more updates.
