Joely Richardson signed up for The Gentlemen believing it was a drama not comedy
Guy Ritchie serves as creator, co-writer, co-director and co-executive producer of the eight-part series.
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Joely Richardson said she thought The Gentlemen was a Netflix drama series before arriving on set where creator-turned-director Guy Ritchie told her he wanted to make a comedy.
The British actress plays the matriarch of the Horniman family, the Dowager Duchess of Halstead, who appears to be an upstanding member of British aristocracy and is mother to Eddie Horniman – played by White Lotus star Theo James.