We chat with DangerousLiaisons creator Harriet Warner & EP colincallender about how they set the scene for the STARZ prequel, and how characters like Victoire and Azolan benefit from the story's structure:
STARZ has been on a roll with historical dramas, such as the recently concluded Becoming Elizabeth and The Serpent Queen, and now they've ventured into more fictional territory with Dangerous Liaisons. The period drama serves as a prequel to Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' infamous epistolary novel of the same name, revealing who the Marquise de Mertreuil and the Vicomte de Valmont were before they became the vicious schemers depicted in the story.
Harriet Warner: Colin is an incredible figure in this industry, and he reached out to say, "Would you look at Dangerous Liaisons for television?" And I was thinking, as you just pointed out, there are so many adaptations. It feels like there would have to be something very new to say to sustain it on TV. But I thought if Colin is excited, then I want to try and find this thing.
Since this was your brainchild, Colin, what told you that now was the time for more Dangerous Liaisons? Going back in time and pulling from pieces of the canon allows a character like Victoire to become much more important. She's someone that doesn't necessarily make it into other adaptations, so what was it about her and that relationship with the Marquise that drew you in?
[What] I wanted from Victoire is the sense of her gaze on the world. She realizes what is happening to Camille, and there's that sense of all these characters starting to move closer to the center of power. That's definitely a theme through this season and hopefully beyond. What it's like when you see that person you love starting to change and be changed, and you're unable to pull them away from it. I think that's a hugely powerful relationship in the show between those two.
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