Filming on the BBC One Sunday night hit drama, The
Musketeers, has got underway in Prague this week for a second series, albeit without Peter Capladi who is busy with his Type 40 TARDIS.
Marc Warren (Hustle, Mad Dogs) will be joining the cast to play the Comte
De Rochefort, a dashing and persuasive aristocrat with a talent for
sword fighting and a taste for adventure.
Marc
Warren’s character, Rochefort, is a man nursing many secrets and a very
dark past. As the series progresses the true nature of his plotting is
revealed and everyone around him is drawn into his sinister web.
Ultimately, only the Musketeers and their loyal allies and friends stand
between him and a desperate act that will change all their lives
forever.
BBC executive producer Jessica Pope says: “Adrian and I were thrilled to welcome Marc to the cast. He's a clever and mercurial actor who will bring danger and charm to the role of Rochefort in equal measure.”
Set on the streets of 17th-century Paris where law and order is more an idea than reality, the series follows The Musketeers who are far more than King Louis XIII’s personal bodyguards, but ultimately stand resolutely for social justice: for honour, for valour, for love and for the thrill of it.
Tamla Kari (Cuckoo, The Inbetweeners Movie), Maimie McCoy (Loving Miss Hatto), Hugo Speer (Bedlam), Ryan Gage (The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug) and Alexandra Dowling (Agatha Christie: Poirot) also return for another thrilling 10-part series.
Source: BBC
