Emilia Clarke has officially joined the cast of the upcoming Prime Video crime drama series Criminal, an adaptation of Ed Brubaker’s graphic novel.
According to a recent report from Variety, Clarke will play Mallory, a “slick and daring armed robber, as quick with a gun as she is with her wits. Part of a heist crew with Ricky Lawless (Gus Halper), who she’s in a passionate Bonnie-and-Clyde-like affair with. Mallory is a woman on the edge, living on the wrong side of the law and hiding secrets that will bring her and her entire crew into the danger zone.”
Clarke is best known for her starring role in the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, where she played Daenerys Targaryen. Since then, she’s also appeared in the Star Wars film Solo: A Star Wars Story as well as Marvel Studios’ Secret Invasion.
What is Criminal about?
Originally released in 2006, Criminal is an ongoing comic series originally published by Marvel Comics and now published by Image Comics.
The series follows various self-contained stories that focus on different characters, all of whom grew up in the fictional Center City and often frequent the same bar and share a history of growing up in the world of crime.
Clarke will join a cast that’s quickly growing out to be a star-studded list. Alongside Clarke, Criminal will star Charlie Hunnam, Richard Jenkins, John Hawkes, Adria Arjona, Logan Browning, Kadeem Hardison, Pat Healy, Taylor Sele, Gus Halper, Aliyah Camacho, Michael Mando, Marvin Jones III, Michael Xavier, and Dominic Burgess.
(Source: Variety)
