Today we’ll talk about the TV series “Emerald City”. Actors and roles will be presented later. This is an American science fiction project filmed by Tarsem Singh.
Annotation to the film
First, we’ll tell you about the plot of the series “Emerald City” (2016). Actors will be presented in the following sections. A tornado brings the main character to Oz from Kansas. She goes to look for the Wizard and does not suspect that she will fulfill the prophecy. The plot is based on the book of the writer Baum about the country of Oz. The two-hour premiere took place in 2017 on the NBC channel.
Main participants
Dorothy Gale and the West are the main characters in the series Emerald City. Actors Adria Archon and Ana Ularu transferred these characters to the screen. More should be said about them.
Adria Archona is an American actress who is of Guatemalo-Puerto Rican origin. She embodied the image of Emily from "True Detective." Adria was born in Puerto Rico, grew up in Mexico City. Ricardo Archona - her father, Guatemalan performer, mother - Puerto Rican Leslie Torres. As a child, Adria often moved. Her father took the girl with him during the tours, allowing him to engage in art and music. At 12, the future actress moved to Miami. Later, she independently went to New York.
Ana Ularu is a Romanian actress. She was born in Bucharest. Her parents are Michaela and Nikola Ularu. Ana was educated at the National University of Theater and Cinema. She starred in a Romanian film called Outskirts. This work was awarded the Warsaw Film Festival Prize and other awards. She starred in the films “Inferno” and “Serena”.
Jackson-Cohen and Hamada
Roan and Eamonn are the two main male characters in the series Emerald City. Actors Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Mido Hamada embodied these roles on the screen. We will discuss them further.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen is a British as well as an American actor. In the film "Faster than a bullet," he played Killer. The actor appeared as Jonathan Harker in the series Dracula. Oliver also proved to be a model. His height is 1.91 meters. Together with Jennifer Lawrence and Richard Gere, Jackson-Cohen took part in an independent film called Life and Death at 17. Oliver was born in Westminster. His parents: Englishwoman Betty Jackson - a fashion designer, and David Cohen - a native of a French-Jewish family, a business partner of his mother.
Oliver attended a French school, speaks with a slight accent so far. After graduation, the young man began to study acting. Then for him this was one of the hobbies, and he did not plan to connect his life with the current profession. However, he got a small role in the Lyric Theater. After that, the young man began studying at a drama school in New York, began to study French literature. According to him, he hated these lessons. To have more money, during the casting period he worked part time in a florist's shop, helped the owner wash the vases. He made his debut on television in the series "Hollyoks." The next important role was in the movie Faster than a Bullet. Also, Oliver starred in the films "Raven" and "Dracula." For participation in the film "Secret River" nominated for the AACTA Award.
Mido Hamada is a German-Egyptian theater, television and film actor. He studied at a school operating at the American Embassy, then at the Oxford School, now lives in London. Fluent in Arabic, English and German. The actor played in a mini-series called "The Path to September 11th." He also participated in the films Situation and Sky Captain and the World of the Future. In the film "Unknown" embodied the image of a Saudi sheikh. Samir Mihran, an intelligence agent from the fictional country of Camistan, played in the series 24 Hours. The character of the actor became the main villain in the eighth season of the series. Also on his account is the movie "Homeland". Further, the actor embodied the image of the Butcher in the film “Sniper”.
Howell and Logran
Jack and Tip are well remembered by the audience of the series Emerald City. Actors Gerran Howell and Jordan Logran played these roles. We will say more about the first of them.
Guerran Howell was born in the UK. His height is 170 cm. He starred in the following films: Young Dracula, Crusade in Jeans, The Secret of Sparticle Project, Queen and Country, Emerald City.
Other heroes of the project
Glinda and Frank Morgan are also featured in the plot of the series Emerald City. Actors Joely Richardson and Vincent D'Onofrio embodied these images. We will tell you more about them.
Joely Richardson is a British actress. Born in London. Joely's mother is Vanessa Redgrave, father Tony Richardson is a director. The girl is the granddaughter of Rachel Kempson and Michael Redgrave. Joely is also the sister of Natasha Richardson, an actress who died in 2009 at a ski resort. The girl first appeared on the screen when she was three years old. She starred in the film “Attack of the Light Cavalry”, her father became the director of this tape. She was educated in Ohai, at Thatcher School. Joely dreamed of becoming a tennis player, spent 2 years at an academy in Florida. However, she soon returned to screen activities.
Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio was born in Brooklyn. His parents Gennaro D'Onofrio is an interior designer, and Filis. The young man grew up in Hawaii, as well as in Miami and Colorado. Subsequently, Filis and Gennaro divorced, the boy was raised in the family of George Meyer - the new husband of his mother.
Interesting Facts
The series "Emerald City" (2016) was created by Matthew Arnold. It was this man who managed to present Universal Television Studios a special gloomy look at The Wizard of Oz. Emerald City is a project consisting of ten episodes. Arnold wrote the script for the pilot episode, and NBC ordered the first season. Josh Friedman became a show runner of the project.