The White Lotus actress Haley Lu Richardson is about to star in Peacock’s espionage thriller Ponies, becoming a member of beforehand introduced Emilia Clarke in a collection common position.
Peacock has lately ordered Ponies straight to collection, with Clarke set to play the position of Bea. It’s co-created by Susanna Fogel (The Spy Who Dumped Me) and David Iserson (Mr. Robotic).
Along with starring, Clarke will function one of many government producers alongside Jessica Rhoades (Station Eleven), Fogel, and Iserson, with Katherine Bridle and Alison Mo Massey as co-executive producers.
What’s Ponies about?
In keeping with Deadline, Richardson might be taking part in Twila, “a small-town woman who’s as abrasive as she is fearless.” The upcoming spy thriller will observe two Ponies (individuals of no curiosity) as they work collectively to unravel a Chilly Battle conspiracy.
“Moscow, 1977. Two “PONIES” (“individuals of no curiosity” in intelligence communicate) work anonymously as secretaries within the American Embassy. That’s till their husbands are killed beneath mysterious circumstances within the USSR, and the pair develop into CIA operatives,” the collection description reads. “Bea (Clarke) is an over-educated, Russian-speaking youngster of Soviet immigrants. Her cohort, Twila, is a small-town woman who’s as abrasive as she is fearless. Collectively, they work to uncover an enormous Chilly Battle conspiracy and clear up the thriller that made them widows within the first place.”
Richardson is understood for her performances in The Final Survivors, The Younger Kieslowski, The Fringe of Seventeen, Cut up, Columbus, Operation Finale, Assist the Ladies, 5 Toes Aside, The Chaperone, Unpregnant, Montana Story, and After Yang.
She most lately starred as Hadley Sullivan reverse Ben Hardy’s Oliver Jones in Netflix’s rom-com Love at First Sight.
Clarke, alternatively, is finest identified for her position as Daenerys Targaryen in Sport of Thrones. Her different credit embrace Spike Island, Dom Hemingway, Terminator Genisys, Me Earlier than You, Voice from the Stone, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Above Suspicion, Final Christmas, Secret Invasion, and The Pod Technology.
Ponies is produced by Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group.