After the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey, his secretary, Thomas Cromwell, finds himself amongst the treachery and intrigue of King Henry VIII’s court and soon becomes a close advisor to the King, a role fraught with danger.
Based on the acclaimed Patrick Melrose series of semi-autobiographical novels written by Edward St. Aubyn. Melrose hilariously skewers the upper class as it tracks the protagonist’s harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse. and ultimately. towards recovery. Benedict Cumberbatch will play Melrose. an aristocratic and outrageously funny playboy. who struggles to […]