Eddie completes his transformation into Michael Corleone, Al Pacino\u2019s iconic character in The Godfather trilogy, throughout Season 2. The latest chapter finds Eddie as a changed man, with his natural aptitude for pushing marijuana no longer warring with his moral compass. While Ritchie has done a nearly beat-for-beat replication of Michael\u2019s character arc, the British director has reimagined what it means to be a woman in The Godfather. The Gentlemen has replaced Michael\u2019s outsider wife with the brash Susie Glass (Kaya Scodelario). <\/p>\n
Eddie Horniman Serves as a Stand-In for Michael Corleone<\/p>\n
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The Gentlemen mirrors The Godfather, the iconic novel by Mario Puzo that follows the Corleone crime family. It was adapted for the big screen<\/a> by Francis Ford Coppola. James\u2019 Eddie serves as a stand-in for Pacino\u2019s Michael. On paper, they seem very different, one a member of British nobility and the other an Italian-American mobster. But the two men share a similar military background that kept them removed from their families\u2019 illegal affairs. Even after surpassing their older brothers to head their families, Eddie and Michael both initially expressed a desire to legitimize their businesses. Though, at the end of the first season, Eddie has embraced his new role as \u201cThe Duke\u201d and finalized a permanent partnership with the Glass family.<\/p>\n But it’s Eddie\u2019s arc in the latest season that really establishes their parallel stories, following their descents from favorite sons to ruthless leaders. Eddie even literally became a godfather. Perhaps their strongest connections, both men lose their wives in failed hits meant for them and the discovery they were double-crossed by their bitter older brothers, Fredo (John Cazale) and Freddy (Daniel Ings). In The Godfather, Michael escapes to Italy for safety. There, he marries Apollonia (Simonetta Stefanelli), but his wife dies in a car bombing. In The Gentlemen, Eddie gets engaged to Bella (Benedetta Porcaroli), a member of an Italian crime family, after becoming on the outs with the Glass family. But, when the newlyweds are racing to their honeymoon, Bella dies in an exploding plane.<\/p>\n Guy Ritchie Broke the Mold When Creating Susie Glass<\/p>\n Guy Ritchie is rewriting Kay Adams Corleone\u2019s story<\/a> in The Gentlemen, a role played by Diane Keaton in The Godfather films and one of the franchise\u2019s few major female characters. She is Michael\u2019s second wife and the mother of his children \u2014 Anthony and Mary Corleone. Kay is the girlfriend he left behind when fleeing to Italy, eventually reuniting after Apollonia\u2019s death. An outsider in his world, she is a school teacher and daughter of a Baptist pastor who falls in love with Michael at a time when he was staying out of the family business. Initially, Kay naively believes his claims that he will legitimize the operation and his denials of crimes. But the escalating violence in their lives starts to pay a toll, with the couple becoming increasingly estranged before eventually divorcing.<\/p>\n Scodelario\u2019s Susie steps into Kay\u2019s shoes, or at least is Eddie\u2019s female counterpart. She proclaimed herself his \u201cbusiness wife,\u201d insisting they only have a working relationship. But Susie is not a school teacher with an aversion to violence, she is instead her crime family\u2019s heir apparent. She is the daughter of crime boss Bobby Glass (Ray Winstone) and heads the day-to-day operations as Bobby runs the bigger picture from prison.<\/p>\n Susie is not a classic mafia wife nor someone blindly brought into this world. Eddie is actually the one who started from an outsider position. After uncovering his late father\u2019s agreement with Glass to have weed grown beneath their property, it is actually Susie who fostered his involvement. In the first season, Susie was the one to lead with violence while Eddie struggled with killing a witness. Susie has more agency than Kay, forging solo into cocaine distribution despite typically following her father\u2019s instructions.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Related<\/p>\n \t\t Theo James and Kaya Scodelario return for another season of crime and corruption.<\/p>\n Kaya Scodelario Acknowledges the \u2018Chemistry\u2019 Between Susie Glass and Eddie Horniman<\/p>\n Despite insisting their relationship is platonic, Season 2 of The Gentlemen<\/a> finally puts a voice to Eddie and Susie\u2019s growing connection. Throughout the season, they are repeatedly asked to define their dynamic, always doubling down that it is professional in nature. The tension is exacerbated by their romantic ventures, with Susie having an ill-fated romance with Joe Green (Tyler Conti) and Eddie\u2019s eventual marriage to Bella. \u201cI guess I always thought you might end up with, well, you know, with someone else,\u201d Eddie\u2019s sister Charly (Jasmine Blackborow) said during his wedding weekend in Italy, referencing Susie.<\/p>\n Scodelario spoke with Collider<\/a> about whether Susie and Eddie could ever move beyond something platonic. \u201cI think they don’t know yet, and that’s what’s been kind of beautiful about the journey with them is we’ve allowed that space to grow organically,\u201d she explained. \u201cLike, it was never kind of meant to be a thing, and I think the natural chemistry between the characters has grown. The situations that they’re in have led them to be closer, whether they like it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n But she added that romance wouldn\u2019t make sense right now with their diverting paths. Mimicking Michael and Kay\u2019s relationship, Bella\u2019s death did lead to Eddie and Susie\u2019s reconciliation. While they have never acted on any lingering feelings, their professional partnership is on the mend.<\/p>\n The Gentlemen has been hitting The Godfather\u2019s arc, but Kay and Susie are likely the point of diversion. While violence is the force that separates Kay and Michael, it is largely the thing that binds Susie and Eddie. With Susie now pursuing another drug market and Eddie\u2019s family fracturing after this brother\u2019s betrayal, it seems hard to imagine they will soon become romantic. Their relationship will continue to play out, with Netflix renewing the series for a third season<\/a>.<\/p>\n Release Date<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t2024 – 2026-00-00<\/p>\n Network<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNetflix<\/p>\n Directors<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Caffrey, Guy Ritchie<\/a>, Eran Creevy, Nima Nourizadeh<\/p>\n
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