Keri Russell is heading again into the world of worldwide intrigue — and before you would possibly suppose.
The People alum’s new drama The Diplomat will debut on Netflix on Thursday, April 20, TVLine has realized. The streamer has additionally launched a first-look photograph from the collection, which you’ll be able to see above. Russell stars as Kate Wyler, the newly named U.S. ambassador to the UK, who has to mediate worldwide crises and construct strategic alliances whereas additionally managing a rocky marriage to fellow diplomat Hal, performed by Rufus Sewell (The Man within the Excessive Citadel).
“The Diplomat is a present in regards to the transcendence and torture of long-term relationships,” collection creator and government producer Debora Cahn (The West Wing, Homeland) mentioned in an announcement. “It’s onerous to maintain a relationship going, be it a wedding or a navy alliance. We alter, the world modifications, and but we would like these relationships to go on ceaselessly. It’s a present a few bunch of excellent folks doing their greatest to maintain their world and private partnerships intact with out killing one another. On this planet of diplomacy, you’re coping with quite a lot of rule-bound, protocol-driven habits, however beneath all that, these are individuals who sweat, and spill espresso on their garments, and neglect the identify of the particular person they’re speaking to. All of that’s at all times effervescent underneath the grandeur and majesty of working with heads of state.”
Get a sneak peek at The Diplomat above, after which inform us within the feedback: Will you be watching?
