Everything we know about new period drama The Gilded Age including the full trailer - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life Everything we know about new period drama The Gilded Age including the full trailer By You Magazine - December 14, 2021 From the Bridgerton effect to die-hard fans of Downton Abbey, it’s clear we can’t get enough of period dramas. So when we heard Downton‘s creator, Julian Fellowes, was the mind behind yet another drama set in the past, we were pretty excited. The new TV show is called The Gilded Age, but unlike many period dramas we’ve watched, this one is set in America. It has a great cast, full of big names and stars in the making. And of course, the costumes are equally as exciting. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Gilded Age (@gildedagehbo) Now that photos from the set and the teaser trailer have been released, we can’t wait to see what The Gilded Age will be like. This is everything you need to know about the new series… Who stars in The Gilded Age Meryl Streep’s daughter, Louisa Jacobson, will star as Marian Brook who is the protagonist of The Gilded Age. Cynthia Nixon, AKA Miranda Hobbs from Sex and the City, has been cast as the protagonist’s wealthy aunt Ada Brook. Christine Baranski, from The Good Wife and Mamma Mia, will play the protagonist’s other aunt, Agnes van Rhijn. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Gilded Age (@gildedagehbo) Amanda Peet from Dirty John also has a role in the show, as well as Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector. What’ s the plot The Gilded Age is set in 1882 in New York, during a period of economic change, huge fortunes and loss, according to HBO. Marian Brook is the struggling orphan daughter of a Union general, who relocates from Pennsylvania to New York to live with her aunts Agnes and Ada. Marian becomes involved in a social war with one of her aunts and her rich neighbours, in the company of Peggy Scott – a successful African-American woman. One of these rich neighbours is railroad tycoon George Russell (played by Morgan Spector), who is married to a determined woman named Bertha (played by Carrie Coon). Marian has to choose whether to conform to the traditional society or break the rules to live life as she pleases. Watch the full-length trailer here: Julian Fellowes revealed that a huge amount of research went into creating the drama when speaking to The Los Angeles Times in 2016. ‘These people were extraordinary. You can see why they frightened the old guard, because they saw no boundaries,’ he said of the characters in The Gilded Age. ‘They wanted to build a palace, they built a palace. They wanted to buy a yacht, they bought a yacht. And the old guard in New York weren’t like that at all, and suddenly this whirlwind of couture descended on their heads. They redesigned being rich.’ When’ s it on The Gilded Age is set to air on 25 January 2022, and can be watched on Sky Atlantic. Stay tuned for more updates… RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved