We’ve binged Bad Sisters, we’ve binged Amandaland… we need something else to sink our teeth into, and Sharon Horgan has delivered.
Based on a novel by Julia May Jonas, a new ‘sexy, thrilling, and funny’ age gap romance series is coming very soon to Netflix, and we are SAT.
Vladimir, an upcoming eight-part series, boasts a star-studded cast that includes Rachel Weisz, Bridget Jones’ toy boy Leo Woodall, and Mad Men actor John Slattery.
Rachel Weisz and John Slattery in Vladimir. Pic: Netflix
Weisz plays a middle-aged writer, professor, wife, and mom. She becomes captivated by her new colleague, Vladimir, at the small liberal arts college at which she works.
‘Full of sexy secrets, dark humor, and complex characters, Vladimir is about what happens when a woman is hell-bent on turning her fantasies into reality,’ the series’ official synopsis reads.
Leo Woodall in Vladimir. Pic: Shane Mahood/Netflix
It sounds vaguely familiar to that of Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson’s racy Babygirl…
Slattery plays M’s husband, while Woodall breathes life into Vladimir, M’s fixation.
Alongside Weisz, Sharon Horgan serves as an executive producer on the project, and we were keen to hear what she had to say about the project.
The brains behind Bad Sisters said: ‘When a passionate but reckless professor’s world begins to unravel, she finds herself dangerously fixated on her magnetic new colleague.
Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall in Vladimir. Pic: Netflix
‘Seduction and obsession collide in Vladimir—a provocative limited series brimming with forbidden desires, razor-sharp wit, and charismatic, unpredictable characters,’ she continued.
‘As boundaries blur and secrets simmer, she’ll risk everything to bring her most scandalous fantasies to life.’
Rachel Weisz in Vladimir. Pic: Netflix
Speaking about the material, Weisz said: ‘I had Julia’s novel, which I’d read prior to being offered the role, and I had her screenplays.
‘Her writing is so superb. It’s so funny and mischievous and truthful, and slightly ridiculous. That’s what makes it funny.’
Vladimir drops on Netflix on March 6, we can’t wait!
Watch the trailer below: