The British are coming…yet again. Tonight, Starz unveils another dollop of blood, sex and froth in the form of “Camelot,” a guilty pleasures in the same vein as “Spartacus.” (Showtime is also debuting their own medieval melodrama, “The Borgias” on Sunday). This Camelot interpretation covers the reign of King Arthur starting with the sword in the stone. Starring in the lead is Jamie Campbell Bower, who epitomizes the pretty Brit boy look established so perfectly by earlier U.K. exports, Orlando Bloom and Robert Pattinson.
Now it’s time for those two though, to step aside (at least momentarily) and let Bower have his share of the spotlight. In “Camelot,” his version of the King, starting out at age 18, has a lot to learn, not to mention watch out for. His sister, Morgan (former Bond girl Eva Green) is not happy she’s been bumped as heir, and she’s willing to conjure up every baddie from the underworld to get her back to her rightful seat on the throne.
Fortunately, Arthur’s got Merlin in his camp (a superbly smarmy Joseph Fiennes) to guide him and protect him against Morgan’s less than sisterly intentions. As mentioned before, this is Campbell’s first turn in the #1 spot, yet you may have seen him before. In “Sweeney Todd” he played the love interest of Johnny Depp’s beloved daughter, and later this year he’ll be reprising his roles in both “Harry Potter” (as Gellert Grindelwald) and “Twilight” (as Caius), not to mention playing the young Earl of Oxford (aka, the purported real Shakespeare) in “Anonymous.” The 22 year old Campbell took time out for a chat with Speakeasy.
Read the interview HERE
Watching it right now!!!! JCB is a great actor
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