Netflix has released a trailer for its eight-part limited seriesThe Serpentstarring recent Golden Globe nomineeTahar Rahim(The Mauritanian) and I’ve gotta tell ya, this looks really good. I’ve had access to this series for a couple of weeks, but it wasn’t until I watched this trailer that it shot to the top of my screening queue, where it is now priority viewing.
Inspired by real events,TheSerpenttells the little-known story of serial conmanCharles Sobhraj(Rahim) and the remarkable attempts to bring him to justice. Posing as a gem dealer, Sobhraj and his girlfriend,Marie-Andrée Leclerc(Jenna Coleman), traveled across Thailand, Nepal and India in 1975 and 1976, carrying out a spree of crimes on the Asian ‘Hippie Trail' that led them to become the chief suspects in a series of murders of young Western travelers.
WhenHerman Knippenberg(Billy Howle), a junior diplomat at the Dutch Embassy in Bangkok, unwittingly walks into this intricate web of crime, he – with the help of his wife Angela (Ellie Bamber) and police around the world – sets off an extraordinary chain of events that will see Sobhraj become Interpol’s most wanted man, with arrest warrants on multiple continents.
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Shot in Thailand and the UK, the series co-starsTim McInnernyasPaul Siemons, whileAmesh EdireweeraplaysAjay Chowdhuryin his very first onscreen role.
Produced by Mammoth Screen, which is part of ITV Studios,The Serpentis a co-production between BBC One and Netflix. The series was written byRichard WarlowandToby Finlay, directed byTom ShanklandandHans Herbots, produced byStephen Smallwood, and executive produced by Warlow, Shankland,Preethi MavahalliandDamien Timmerfor Mammoth Screen.
The Serpentwill debut April 2, so check out the trailer below, and tell me this series doesn’t look wildly intriguing.
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